पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · November 24, 1986 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: कालभैरव अष्टमी — Kālabhairava Aṣṭamī
Kālabhairava's manifestation; Kāśī-kṣetrapāla.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.21 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान्।वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम्।।18.21।।
"18.21 The knowledge which thinks of the manifold existence in all beings as separate - that comes from Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2043 Pramāthi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1908 Akṣaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1393
Malayalam Era: 1162
Nanakshahi: 517
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya217.79°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
चन्द्र Candra120.30°SiṃhaMaghā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala305.07°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha199.79°TulāSvātī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati320.50°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra191.50°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani226.92°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:46 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:17 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:32 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:08 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:56 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 31 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 28 Mins 50 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:30 – 06:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:59 – 06:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 11:51
Vijaya Muhūrta13:07 – 13:45
Godhūli Muhūrta16:05 – 16:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:17 – 16:41
Amṛta Kāla16:02 – 17:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 23:51

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:57 – 09:09
Yamaganda10:20 – 11:32
Gulika Kāla12:43 – 13:54
Varjyam07:10 – 07:25
Dur Muhūrta 08:59 – 09:18

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:46 – 07:57 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:57 – 09:09 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:09 – 10:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:20 – 11:32 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:32 – 12:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala12:43 – 13:54 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha13:54 – 15:06 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:06 – 16:17 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:17 – 18:06 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:06 – 19:54 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta19:54 – 21:43 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla21:43 – 23:32 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:32 – 01:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:20 – 03:09 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:09 – 04:57 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:57 – 06:46 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Maghā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5088 · Kali-5088
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1858293.27 · 5087.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2446758.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6699° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)266.25° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (23.6699°) · declination -20.45° · EoT 12.55 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:1986-11-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)