पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · November 16, 1996 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
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🪷 आज: छठ पूजा — Chhaṭh Pūjā
Bihar/UP festival worshiping Sūrya. 6th day of Kārtika Śukla.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.36 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून् वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः।

निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम्।।2.36।।
"2.36 Thine enemies will spread scandal and mock at thy courage. Can anything be more humiliating?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya210.15°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
चन्द्र Candra273.71°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala135.20°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha218.27°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati261.65°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra177.62°KanyāCitrā P2
शनि Śani337.04°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:37 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:22 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:30 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:01 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:27 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 45 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 14 Mins 22 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:19 – 05:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:48 – 06:37
Abhijit Muhūrta11:10 – 11:49
Vijaya Muhūrta13:07 – 13:46
Godhūli Muhūrta16:10 – 16:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:22 – 16:47
Amṛta Kāla16:07 – 17:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:10 – 23:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:03 – 10:16
Yamaganda12:43 – 13:56
Gulika Kāla06:37 – 07:50
Varjyam07:01 – 07:17
Dur Muhūrta 08:53 – 09:13

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:37 – 07:50 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:50 – 09:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:03 – 10:16 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:16 – 11:30 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:30 – 12:43 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:43 – 13:56 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta13:56 – 15:09 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:09 – 16:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:22 – 18:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:09 – 19:56 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla19:56 – 21:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:43 – 23:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:30 – 01:16 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:16 – 03:03 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:03 – 04:50 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:50 – 06:37 (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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861938.27 · 5097.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450403.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8094° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)62.23° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (23.8094°) · declination -18.76° · EoT 14.67 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:1996-11-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)