पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 18, 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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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.68 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
तस्माद्यस्य महाबाहो निगृहीतानि सर्वशः।
इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता।।2.68।।
इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता।।2.68।।
"2.68 Therefore, O Might-in-Arms, he who keeps his senses detached from their objects - take it that his reason is purified." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Śukla Navamī (9/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 2 |
| योग (Yoga) | Vyatīpāta |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Bālava |
| वार (Vāra) | Budhavāra (Wednesday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 242.59° | Dhanu | Mūla P1 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 340.81° | Mīna | Uttara Bhādrapadā P3 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 150.20° | Kanyā | Uttara Phalgunī P2 |
| बुध Budha | 262.96° | Dhanu | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 268.25° | Dhanu | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P1 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 217.24° | Vṛścika | Anurādhā P2 |
| शनि Śani | 336.97° | Mīna | Uttara Bhādrapadā P2 |
☀️ Boston, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-5)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 07:09 UTC-5 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 16:14 UTC-5 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:41 UTC-5 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 12:04 UTC-5 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 00:24 UTC-5 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 9 Hours 04 Mins 50 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 14 Hours 55 Mins 10 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 05:56 – 06:33 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 06:24 – 07:09 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:23 – 12:00 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 13:12 – 13:49 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 16:02 – 16:26 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 16:14 – 16:37 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 15:59 – 17:44 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:23 – 00:00 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 11:41 – 12:50 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 08:17 – 09:25 |
| Gulika Kāla | 10:33 – 11:41 |
| Varjyam | 07:32 – 07:46 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 09:16 – 09:34 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala
Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Labha | 07:09 – 08:17 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Amṛta | 08:17 – 09:25 (auspicious) |
| Day-3 Kāla | 09:25 – 10:33 (inauspicious) |
| Day-4 Śubha | 10:33 – 11:41 (auspicious) |
| Day-5 Roga | 11:41 – 12:50 (inauspicious) |
| Day-6 Udveg | 12:50 – 13:58 (inauspicious) |
| Day-7 Chala | 13:58 – 15:06 (neutral) |
| Day-8 Labha | 15:06 – 16:14 (auspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Udveg | 16:14 – 18:06 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Chala | 18:06 – 19:58 (neutral) |
| Night-3 Labha | 19:58 – 21:50 (auspicious) |
| Night-4 Amṛta | 21:50 – 23:41 (auspicious) |
| Night-5 Kāla | 23:41 – 01:33 (inauspicious) |
| Night-6 Śubha | 01:33 – 03:25 (auspicious) |
| Night-7 Roga | 03:25 – 05:17 (inauspicious) |
| Night-8 Udveg | 05:17 – 07:09 (inauspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 42.3601°
Longitude: -71.0589°
Timezone: UTC+-5
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Śukla Navamī + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)
🌌 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 Year | 5098 · Kali-5098 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1861970.27 · 5097.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2450435.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.8106° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 96.22° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 9/30) |
🪷 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 (23.8106°) · declination -23.39° · EoT 2.79 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:1996-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)