पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · October 29, 2000 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: भ्रातृ द्वितीया — Bhāi Dūja / Bhrātṛ Dvitīyā
Yamunā's reception of brother Yama; sisters welcome brothers. Day 5 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.5 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
न हि कश्िचत्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत्।

कार्यते ह्यवशः कर्म सर्वः प्रकृतिजैर्गुणैः।।3.5।।
"3.5 He cannot even for a moment remain really inactive, for the Qualities of Nature will compel him to act whether he will or no." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2057 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1922 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1407
Malayalam Era: 1176
Nanakshahi: 531
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya192.06°TulāSvātī P2
चन्द्र Candra212.56°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala152.36°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha194.64°TulāSvātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati45.91°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra228.00°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani35.21°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:14 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:42 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:28 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:01 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:39 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:50 – 05:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:21 – 06:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 11:49
Vijaya Muhūrta13:13 – 13:54
Godhūli Muhūrta16:30 – 16:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:42 – 17:08
Amṛta Kāla16:27 – 18:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 23:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:23 – 16:42
Yamaganda11:28 – 12:46
Gulika Kāla14:05 – 15:23
Varjyam06:40 – 06:57
Dur Muhūrta 08:40 – 09:01

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:14 – 07:32 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:32 – 08:51 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:51 – 10:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:09 – 11:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:28 – 12:46 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:46 – 14:05 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:05 – 15:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:23 – 16:42 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:42 – 18:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:23 – 20:05 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:05 – 21:46 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:46 – 23:28 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:28 – 01:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:09 – 02:51 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:51 – 04:32 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:32 – 06:14 (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 Year5102 · Kali-5102
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863381.27 · 5101.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451846.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8645° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)22.65° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (23.8645°) · declination -13.50° · EoT 16.43 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:2000-10-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)