पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · November 17, 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: कालभैरव अष्टमी — Kālabhairava Aṣṭamī
Kālabhairava's manifestation; Kāśī-kṣetrapāla.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.13 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च।तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन।।14.13।।
"14.13 Darkness, stagnation, folly and infatuation are the result of the dominance of Ignorance, O joy of the Kuru-clan!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2060 Durmukhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1925 Subhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1410
Malayalam Era: 1179
Nanakshahi: 534
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya210.36°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
चन्द्र Candra118.74°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala320.21°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha223.22°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati141.60°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra233.65°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani78.78°MithunaĀrdrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:37 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:22 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:30 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:28 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:19 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 45 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 14 Mins 59 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:19 – 05:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:49 – 06:37
Abhijit Muhūrta11:10 – 11:49
Vijaya Muhūrta13:07 – 13:46
Godhūli Muhūrta16:10 – 16:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:22 – 16:47
Amṛta Kāla16:07 – 17:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:10 – 23:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:50 – 09:04
Yamaganda10:17 – 11:30
Gulika Kāla12:43 – 13:56
Varjyam07:02 – 07:17
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:13

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:37 – 07:50 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:50 – 09:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:04 – 10:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:17 – 11:30 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:30 – 12:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala12:43 – 13:56 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha13:56 – 15:09 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:09 – 16:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:22 – 18:09 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:09 – 19:56 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta19:56 – 21:43 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla21:43 – 23:30 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:30 – 01:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:17 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:04 – 04:50 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:50 – 06:37 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Maghā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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)1864495.27 · 5104.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452960.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9071° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)272.36° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (23.9071°) · declination -18.84° · EoT 14.44 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:2003-11-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)