पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · October 15, 2004 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: शारदीय नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Śāradīya Navrātri Start
Autumn Navrātri begins; Devī Mahiṣāsura-mardinī worship for 9 nights.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.7 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga🪷 Sambhavāmi Yuge Yuge · Krishna's avatāra-anchor
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।

अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदाऽऽत्मानं सृजाम्यहम्।।4.7।।
"4.7 Whenever spirituality decays and materialism is rampant, then, O Arjuna, I reincarnate Myself!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya178.11°KanyāCitrā P2
चन्द्र Candra190.02°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala168.15°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha184.43°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati160.62°KanyāHasta P1
शुक्र Śukra139.31°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani92.77°KarkaPunarvasu P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:56 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:02 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:29 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:02 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:32 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 05 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 54 Mins 04 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:28 – 05:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:01 – 05:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 11:52
Vijaya Muhūrta13:20 – 14:05
Godhūli Muhūrta16:50 – 17:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:02 – 17:30
Amṛta Kāla16:47 – 18:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 23:52

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:06 – 11:29
Yamaganda14:16 – 15:39
Gulika Kāla07:20 – 08:43
Varjyam06:24 – 06:42
Dur Muhūrta 08:32 – 08:54

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:56 – 07:20 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:20 – 08:43 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:43 – 10:06 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:06 – 11:29 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:29 – 12:53 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:53 – 14:16 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:16 – 15:39 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:39 – 17:02 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:02 – 18:39 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:39 – 20:16 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:16 – 21:53 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:53 – 23:29 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:29 – 01:06 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:06 – 02:43 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:43 – 04:20 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:20 – 05:56 (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 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 Year5106 · Kali-5106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864828.27 · 5105.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453293.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9199° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)10.53° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.9199°) · declination -8.58° · EoT 14.86 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:2004-10-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)