पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · November 12, 2004 CE

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🪷 आज: दीपावली — Dīpāvalī (Diwali)
Lakshmi-Pūjā night; festival of lights; Rāma's return to Ayodhyā.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.35 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यज्ज्ञात्वा न पुनर्मोहमेवं यास्यसि पाण्डव।

येन भूतान्यशेषेण द्रक्ष्यस्यात्मन्यथो मयि।।4.35।।
"4.35 Having known That, thou shalt never again be confounded; and, O Arjuna, by the power of that wisdom, thou shalt see all these people as if they were thine own Self, and therefore as Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.35's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya206.07°TulāViśākhā P2
चन्द्र Candra198.57°TulāSvātī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala186.59°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha226.42°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati166.27°KanyāHasta P2
शुक्र Śukra173.11°KanyāHasta P4
शनि Śani93.30°KarkaPunarvasu P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:32 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:26 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:29 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:54 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:03 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 54 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 05 Mins 48 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:12 – 05:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:42 – 06:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:09 – 11:49
Vijaya Muhūrta13:08 – 13:47
Godhūli Muhūrta16:14 – 16:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:26 – 16:51
Amṛta Kāla16:11 – 17:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:09 – 23:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:15 – 11:29
Yamaganda13:57 – 15:12
Gulika Kāla07:46 – 09:00
Varjyam06:56 – 07:12
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:10

🧭 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: Śarad (Autumn)
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 Chala06:32 – 07:46 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:46 – 09:00 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:00 – 10:15 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:15 – 11:29 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:29 – 12:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:43 – 13:57 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg13:57 – 15:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:12 – 16:26 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:26 – 18:12 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:12 – 19:57 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala19:57 – 21:43 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:43 – 23:29 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:29 – 01:15 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:15 – 03:00 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:00 – 04:46 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:46 – 06:32 (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 Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Svātī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

🌌 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)1864856.27 · 5105.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453321.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9210° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)351.50° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 30/30)
🪷 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 (23.9210°) · declination -17.74° · EoT 15.43 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:2004-11-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)