पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · August 6, 2006 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.9 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः।

तदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसंगः समाचर।।3.9।।
"3.9 In this world people are fettered by action, unless it is performed as a sacrifice. Therefore, O Arjuna, let thy acts be done without attachment, as sacrifice only." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya109.52°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra243.56°DhanuMūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala134.88°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha90.30°KarkaPunarvasu P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati197.11°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra87.68°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani110.55°KarkaAśleṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:41 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:59 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:15 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:17 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 17 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 42 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:47 – 03:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:30 – 04:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta18:47 – 19:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:59 – 19:34
Amṛta Kāla18:44 – 20:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:18

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:11 – 18:59
Yamaganda11:50 – 13:37
Gulika Kāla15:24 – 17:11
Varjyam05:17 – 05:40
Dur Muhūrta 08:01 – 08:30

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:41 – 06:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:28 – 08:15 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:15 – 10:03 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:03 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:50 – 13:37 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:37 – 15:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:24 – 17:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:11 – 18:59 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:59 – 20:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:11 – 21:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:24 – 22:37 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:37 – 23:50 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:50 – 01:03 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:03 – 02:15 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:15 – 03:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:28 – 04:41 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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 Year5108 · Kali-5108
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865488.27 · 5107.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453953.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9451° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)135.37° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (23.9451°) · declination 16.78° · EoT -5.59 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:2006-08-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)