पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 2, 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
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.9 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः।

तदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसंगः समाचर।।3.9।।
"3.9 In this world people are fettered by action, unless it is performed as a sacrifice. Therefore, O Arjuna, let thy acts be done without attachment, as sacrifice only." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya225.81°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
चन्द्र Candra23.13°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala158.74°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha224.92°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati324.90°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra233.98°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani3.54°MeṣaAśvinī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:55 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:14 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:56 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:12 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 18 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 41 Mins 35 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:41 – 06:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:09 – 06:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 11:53
Vijaya Muhūrta13:08 – 13:45
Godhūli Muhūrta16:02 – 16:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:14 – 16:37
Amṛta Kāla15:59 – 17:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 23:53

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:34 – 12:44
Yamaganda08:05 – 09:15
Gulika Kāla10:25 – 11:34
Varjyam07:19 – 07:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:06 – 09:24

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:55 – 08:05 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:05 – 09:15 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:15 – 10:25 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:25 – 11:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:34 – 12:44 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:44 – 13:54 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala13:54 – 15:04 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:04 – 16:14 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:14 – 18:04 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:04 – 19:54 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha19:54 – 21:44 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:44 – 23:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:34 – 01:25 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:25 – 03:15 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:15 – 05:05 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:05 – 06:55 (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 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)1862684.27 · 5099.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451149.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8379° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)159.23° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (23.8379°) · declination -21.89° · EoT 9.75 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:1998-12-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)