पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · July 19, 2002 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.4 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

कथं भीष्ममहं संख्ये द्रोणं च मधुसूदन।

इषुभिः प्रतियोत्स्यामि पूजार्हावरिसूदन।।2.4।।
"2.4 Arjuna argued: My Lord! How can I, when the battle rages, send an arrow through Bheeshma and Drona, who should receive my reverence?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya92.34°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra206.42°TulāViśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala99.57°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha89.90°MithunaPunarvasu P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati92.97°KarkaPunarvasu P4
शुक्र Śukra135.21°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani59.47°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:23 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:17 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:31 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:22 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 53 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 06 Mins 37 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:24 – 03:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:09 – 04:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta19:05 – 19:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:17 – 19:54
Amṛta Kāla19:02 – 20:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:20

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:58 – 11:50
Yamaganda15:34 – 17:25
Gulika Kāla06:15 – 08:07
Varjyam05:01 – 05:25
Dur Muhūrta 07:52 – 08:22

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:23 – 06:15 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:15 – 08:07 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:07 – 09:58 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla09:58 – 11:50 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:50 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:42 – 15:34 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:34 – 17:25 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:25 – 19:17 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:17 – 20:25 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:25 – 21:34 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:34 – 22:42 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:42 – 23:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:50 – 00:58 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla00:58 – 02:07 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:07 – 03:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:15 – 04:23 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Daśamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

🌌 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 Year5104 · Kali-5104
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864009.27 · 5103.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452474.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8886° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)113.50° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (23.8886°) · declination 20.90° · EoT -5.93 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:2002-07-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)