पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 9, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.2 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचमय्यावेश्य मनो ये मां नित्ययुक्ता उपासते।श्रद्धया परयोपेतास्ते मे युक्ततमा मताः।।12.2।।
"12.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Those who keep their minds fixed on Me, who worship Me always with unwavering faith and concentration; these are the very best." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya233.17°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra346.59°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala269.00°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha249.58°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati294.03°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra274.52°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani349.72°MīnaRevatī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:02 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:12 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:53 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:29 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 10 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 49 Mins 47 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:49 – 06:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:16 – 07:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 11:56
Vijaya Muhūrta13:09 – 13:46
Godhūli Muhūrta16:00 – 16:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:12 – 16:35
Amṛta Kāla15:57 – 17:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 23:56

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:55 – 15:04
Yamaganda09:20 – 10:29
Gulika Kāla11:37 – 12:46
Varjyam07:25 – 07:40
Dur Muhūrta 09:11 – 09:29

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:02 – 08:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:11 – 09:20 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:20 – 10:29 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:29 – 11:37 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:37 – 12:46 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:46 – 13:55 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha13:55 – 15:04 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:04 – 16:12 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:12 – 18:04 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:04 – 19:55 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga19:55 – 21:46 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:46 – 23:37 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:37 – 01:29 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:29 – 03:20 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:20 – 05:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:11 – 07:02 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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)1862326.27 · 5098.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450791.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8242° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)114.84° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (23.8242°) · declination -22.80° · EoT 6.87 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:1997-12-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)