पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · May 16, 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
🪷 आज: प्रदोष व्रत — Pradoṣa Vrata
Twilight worship of Śiva on Trayodaśī.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.28 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

कृपया परयाऽऽविष्टो विषीदन्निदमब्रवीत्।

दृष्ट्वेमं स्वजनं कृष्ण युयुत्सुं समुपस्थितम्।।1.28।।
"1.28 And his heart melted with pity and sadly he spoke: O my Lord! When I see all these, my own people, thirsting for battle," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.28's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2038 Bhāva
Śaka Saṁvat: 1903 Durmati
Bengali Saṁvat: 1388
Malayalam Era: 1157
Nanakshahi: 512
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya31.50°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
चन्द्र Candra179.16°KanyāCitrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala22.04°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
बुध Budha50.73°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati157.22°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra41.87°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शनि Śani159.50°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:22 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:59 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:40 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:01 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:02 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 36 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 23 Mins 12 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:25 – 03:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:09 – 04:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:11 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta14:07 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta18:47 – 19:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:59 – 19:35
Amṛta Kāla18:44 – 20:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:11 – 00:10

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:01 – 09:51
Yamaganda13:30 – 15:20
Gulika Kāla04:22 – 06:12
Varjyam04:59 – 05:22
Dur Muhūrta 07:47 – 08:16

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:22 – 06:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:12 – 08:01 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:01 – 09:51 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg09:51 – 11:40 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:40 – 13:30 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:30 – 15:20 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:20 – 17:09 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:09 – 18:59 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:59 – 20:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:09 – 21:20 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:20 – 22:30 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:30 – 23:40 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:40 – 00:51 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg00:51 – 02:01 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:01 – 03:12 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:12 – 04:22 (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)1856275.27 · 5082.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2444740.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5928° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)146.40° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.5928°) · declination 19.04° · EoT 3.74 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:1981-05-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)