पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · November 18, 2001 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: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.20 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि।विकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसंभवान्।।13.20।।
"13.20 Know thou further that Nature and God have no beginning; and that differences of character and quality have their origin in Nature only." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2058 Jaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1923 Vṛṣa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1408
Malayalam Era: 1177
Nanakshahi: 532
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya211.89°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
चन्द्र Candra246.29°DhanuMūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala291.05°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha202.14°TulāViśākhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati81.32°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra198.01°TulāSvātī P4
शनि Śani48.75°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:39 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:21 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:30 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:17 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:18 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 41 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 18 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:21 – 06:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:51 – 06:39
Abhijit Muhūrta11:11 – 11:49
Vijaya Muhūrta13:07 – 13:46
Godhūli Muhūrta16:09 – 16:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:21 – 16:45
Amṛta Kāla16:06 – 17:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:11 – 23:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:08 – 16:21
Yamaganda11:30 – 12:43
Gulika Kāla13:56 – 15:08
Varjyam07:03 – 07:19
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:14

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:39 – 07:52 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:52 – 09:05 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:05 – 10:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:17 – 11:30 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:30 – 12:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:43 – 13:56 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga13:56 – 15:08 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:08 – 16:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:21 – 18:08 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:08 – 19:56 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg19:56 – 21:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:43 – 23:30 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:30 – 01:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:17 – 03:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:05 – 04:52 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:52 – 06:39 (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 Year5103 · Kali-5103
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863766.27 · 5102.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452231.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8793° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)35.80° · 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 (23.8793°) · declination -19.20° · EoT 14.21 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:2001-11-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)