पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · May 12, 2003 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: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.10 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
मयाऽध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम्।

हेतुनाऽनेन कौन्तेय जगद्विपरिवर्तते।।9.10।।
"9.10 Under my guidance, Nature produces all things movable and immovable. Thus it is, O Arjuna, that this universe revolves." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2060 Durmukhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1925 Subhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1410
Malayalam Era: 1179
Nanakshahi: 534
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya27.03°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra149.66°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala287.77°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha19.66°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati106.26°KarkaPuṣya P4
शुक्र Śukra0.73°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शनि Śani63.23°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:27 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:54 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:40 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:39 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:04 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 27 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 32 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:31 – 03:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:14 – 04:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:12 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta14:05 – 15:03
Godhūli Muhūrta18:42 – 19:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:54 – 19:31
Amṛta Kāla18:39 – 20:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:12 – 00:09

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:15 – 08:04
Yamaganda09:52 – 11:40
Gulika Kāla13:29 – 15:17
Varjyam05:03 – 05:26
Dur Muhūrta 07:49 – 08:18

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:27 – 06:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:15 – 08:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:04 – 09:52 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga09:52 – 11:40 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:40 – 13:29 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:29 – 15:17 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:17 – 17:06 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:06 – 18:54 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:54 – 20:06 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:06 – 21:17 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:17 – 22:29 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:29 – 23:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:40 – 00:52 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga00:52 – 02:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:04 – 03:15 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:15 – 04:27 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5105 · Kali-5105
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864306.27 · 5104.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452771.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8999° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)125.40° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (23.8999°) · declination 17.99° · EoT 3.74 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:2003-05-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)