पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · April 18, 1981 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.78 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः।

तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्ध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम।।18.78।
"18.78 Wherever is the Lord Shri Krishna, the Prince of Wisdom, and wherever is Arjuna, the Great Archer, I am more than convinced that good fortune, victory, happiness and righteousness will follow"" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.78's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2038 Bhāva
Śaka Saṁvat: 1903 Durmati
Bengali Saṁvat: 1388
Malayalam Era: 1157
Nanakshahi: 512
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya4.34°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra170.18°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala1.19°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha354.07°MīnaRevatī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati159.24°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra7.36°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शनि Śani160.99°KanyāHasta P1

☀️ Boston, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-5)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:59 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:28 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:44 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:04 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:30 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 28 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 31 Mins 01 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:11 – 04:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:52 – 04:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:17 – 12:11
Vijaya Muhūrta13:59 – 14:52
Godhūli Muhūrta18:16 – 18:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:28 – 19:02
Amṛta Kāla18:13 – 19:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:17 – 00:11

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:21 – 10:03
Yamaganda13:25 – 15:06
Gulika Kāla04:59 – 06:40
Varjyam05:33 – 05:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:08 – 08:35

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:59 – 06:40 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:40 – 08:21 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:21 – 10:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:03 – 11:44 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:44 – 13:25 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:25 – 15:06 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:06 – 16:47 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:47 – 18:28 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:28 – 19:47 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:47 – 21:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:06 – 22:25 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:25 – 23:44 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:44 – 01:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:03 – 02:21 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:21 – 03:40 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:40 – 04:59 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 42.3601°
Longitude: -71.0589°
Timezone: UTC+-5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5083 · Kali-5083
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1856247.27 · 5082.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2444712.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5917° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)166.14° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.5917°) · declination 10.74° · EoT 0.51 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1981-04-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)