पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · July 27, 1997 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.26 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते।

एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः।।8.26।।
"8.26 These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoso takes the former, returns not; he who chooses the latter, returns.*" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya100.24°KarkaPuṣya P3
चन्द्र Candra13.61°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala175.36°KanyāCitrā P1
बुध Budha126.27°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati294.93°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra130.41°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शनि Śani356.48°MīnaRevatī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:31 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:10 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:08 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:00 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 38 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 21 Mins 27 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:34 – 03:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:18 – 04:31
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta18:58 – 19:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:10 – 19:46
Amṛta Kāla18:55 – 20:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:20

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:20 – 19:10
Yamaganda11:50 – 13:40
Gulika Kāla15:30 – 17:20
Varjyam05:08 – 05:31
Dur Muhūrta 07:56 – 08:25

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik 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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:31 – 06:21 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:21 – 08:11 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:11 – 10:01 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:01 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:50 – 13:40 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:40 – 15:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:30 – 17:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:20 – 19:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:10 – 20:20 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:20 – 21:30 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:30 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:40 – 23:50 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:50 – 01:01 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:01 – 02:11 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:11 – 03:21 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:21 – 04:31 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

🌌 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 Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862191.27 · 5098.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450656.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8190° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)271.00° · 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 (23.8190°) · declination 19.24° · EoT -6.18 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:1997-07-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)