पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · October 4, 2005 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 13.34 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
यथा प्रकाशयत्येकः कृत्स्नं लोकमिमं रविः।

क्षेत्रं क्षेत्री तथा कृत्स्नं प्रकाशयति भारत।।13.34।।
"13.34 As the one Sun illuminates the whole earth, so the Lord illumines the whole universe." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2062 Vilambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1927 Pārthiva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1412
Malayalam Era: 1181
Nanakshahi: 536
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya166.99°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra173.94°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala29.32°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
बुध Budha178.55°KanyāCitrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati181.83°TulāCitrā P3
शुक्र Śukra211.56°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani105.10°KarkaPuṣya P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:43 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:21 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:32 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:23 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:37 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 37 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 22 Mins 33 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:10 – 04:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:45 – 05:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:09 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:28 – 14:15
Godhūli Muhūrta17:09 – 17:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:21 – 17:50
Amṛta Kāla17:06 – 18:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:09 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:27 – 15:54
Yamaganda08:38 – 10:05
Gulika Kāla11:32 – 12:59
Varjyam06:12 – 06:31
Dur Muhūrta 08:26 – 08:49

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:43 – 07:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:11 – 08:38 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:38 – 10:05 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:05 – 11:32 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:32 – 12:59 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:59 – 14:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:27 – 15:54 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:54 – 17:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:21 – 18:54 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:54 – 20:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:27 – 21:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:59 – 23:32 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:32 – 01:05 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:05 – 02:38 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:38 – 04:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:11 – 05:43 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5107 · Kali-5107
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865182.27 · 5106.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453647.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9334° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)7.13° · 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 (23.9334°) · declination -4.32° · EoT 12.10 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:2005-10-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)