पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · November 11, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: कालभैरव अष्टमी — Kālabhairava Aṣṭamī
Kālabhairava's manifestation; Kāśī-kṣetrapāla.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.60 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः।

इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः।।2.60।।
"2.60 O Arjuna! The mind of him, who is trying to conquer it, is forcibly carried away in spite of his efforts, by his tumultuous senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.60's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya204.60°TulāViśākhā P2
चन्द्र Candra114.85°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala146.80°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha227.59°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati324.33°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra207.62°TulāViśākhā P3
शनि Śani4.83°MeṣaAśvinī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:30 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:27 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:29 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:29 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:30 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 57 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 02 Mins 18 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:10 – 05:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:40 – 06:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:09 – 11:49
Vijaya Muhūrta13:08 – 13:48
Godhūli Muhūrta16:15 – 16:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:27 – 16:52
Amṛta Kāla16:12 – 17:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:09 – 23:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:29 – 12:43
Yamaganda07:45 – 08:59
Gulika Kāla10:14 – 11:29
Varjyam06:55 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta 08:49 – 09:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:30 – 07:45 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:45 – 08:59 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:59 – 10:14 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:14 – 11:29 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:29 – 12:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:43 – 13:58 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala13:58 – 15:13 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:13 – 16:27 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:27 – 18:13 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:13 – 19:58 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha19:58 – 21:43 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:43 – 23:29 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:29 – 01:14 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:14 – 02:59 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:59 – 04:45 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:45 – 06:30 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862663.27 · 5099.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451128.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8371° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)267.28° · 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 (23.8371°) · declination -17.31° · EoT 15.59 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:1998-11-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)