पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · April 24, 2008 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 supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: सङ्कष्टी चतुर्थी — Saṅkaṣṭī Caturthī
Monthly Gaṇeśa vrata.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.7 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
कार्पण्यदोषोपहतस्वभावः

पृच्छामि त्वां धर्मसंमूढचेताः।

यच्छ्रेयः स्यान्निश्िचतं ब्रूहि तन्मे

शिष्यस्तेऽहं शाधि मां त्वां प्रपन्नम्।।2.7।।
"2.7 My heart is oppressed with pity; and my mind confused as to what my duty is. Therefore, my Lord, tell me what is best for my spiritual welfare, for I am Thy disciple. Please direct me, I pray." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya10.27°MeṣaAśvinī P4
चन्द्र Candra229.84°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala87.70°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha18.87°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati268.66°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra357.90°MīnaRevatī P4
शनि Śani127.58°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:49 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:36 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:46 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:56 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 46 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 13 Mins 50 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:59 – 03:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:41 – 04:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:15 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta18:24 – 18:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:36 – 19:10
Amṛta Kāla18:21 – 20:06
Niśīta Muhūrta23:15 – 00:10

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:26 – 15:09
Yamaganda04:49 – 06:33
Gulika Kāla08:16 – 09:59
Varjyam05:24 – 05:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:02 – 08:30

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:49 – 06:33 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:33 – 08:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:16 – 09:59 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala09:59 – 11:42 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:42 – 13:26 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:26 – 15:09 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:09 – 16:52 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:52 – 18:36 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:36 – 19:52 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:52 – 21:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:09 – 22:26 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:26 – 23:42 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:42 – 00:59 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala00:59 – 02:16 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:16 – 03:33 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:33 – 04:49 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Caturthī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

🌌 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 Year5110 · Kali-5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866115.27 · 5109.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454580.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9691° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)222.97° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.9691°) · declination 12.93° · EoT 1.80 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:2008-04-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)