पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · March 1, 1998 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: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.2 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
अधश्चोर्ध्वं प्रसृतास्तस्य शाखा गुणप्रवृद्धा विषयप्रवालाः।अधश्च मूलान्यनुसन्ततानि कर्मानुबन्धीनि मनुष्यलोके।।15.2।।
"15.2 Its branches shoot upwards and downwards, deriving their nourishment from the Qualities; its buds are the objects of sense; and its roots, which follow the Law causing man's regeneration and degeneration, pierce downwards into the soil." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya316.42°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra348.93°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala333.38°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha322.23°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati312.06°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra273.49°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani354.26°MīnaRevatī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:21 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:33 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:46 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:29 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 12 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 47 Mins 41 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:51 – 05:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:25 – 06:21
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:21 – 17:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:33 – 18:01
Amṛta Kāla17:18 – 19:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:20

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:09 – 17:33
Yamaganda11:57 – 13:21
Gulika Kāla14:45 – 16:09
Varjyam06:49 – 07:07
Dur Muhūrta 08:58 – 09:20

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:21 – 07:45 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:45 – 09:09 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:09 – 10:33 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:33 – 11:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:57 – 13:21 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:21 – 14:45 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:45 – 16:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:09 – 17:33 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:33 – 19:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:09 – 20:45 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:45 – 22:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:21 – 23:57 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:57 – 01:33 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:33 – 03:09 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:09 – 04:45 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:45 – 06:21 (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 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)1862408.27 · 5099.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450873.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8273° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)29.88° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (23.8273°) · declination -7.72° · EoT -13.04 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:1998-03-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)