पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · September 27, 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: प्रदोष व्रत — Pradoṣa Vrata
Twilight worship of Śiva on Trayodaśī.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.6 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
संन्यासस्तु महाबाहो दुःखमाप्तुमयोगतः।

योगयुक्तो मुनिर्ब्रह्म नचिरेणाधिगच्छति।।5.6।।
"5.6 Without concentration, O Mighty Man, renunciation is difficult. But the sage who is always meditating on the Divine, before long shall attain the Absolute." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya160.33°KanyāHasta P1
चन्द्र Candra132.36°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala181.08°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha178.58°KanyāCitrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati259.67°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra189.48°TulāSvātī P1
शनि Śani140.59°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:36 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:33 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:05 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:20 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 56 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 03 Mins 28 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:01 – 04:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:36 – 05:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:11 – 11:58
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:22
Godhūli Muhūrta17:21 – 17:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:33 – 18:03
Amṛta Kāla17:18 – 19:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:11 – 23:58

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:35 – 10:05
Yamaganda13:04 – 14:34
Gulika Kāla05:36 – 07:06
Varjyam06:06 – 06:25
Dur Muhūrta 08:23 – 08:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical 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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:36 – 07:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:06 – 08:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:35 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:05 – 11:34 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:34 – 13:04 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:04 – 14:34 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:34 – 16:03 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:03 – 17:33 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:33 – 19:03 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:03 – 20:34 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:34 – 22:04 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:04 – 23:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:34 – 01:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:05 – 02:35 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:35 – 04:06 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:06 – 05:36 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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)1866271.27 · 5109.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454736.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9751° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)332.97° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (23.9751°) · declination -1.71° · EoT 9.84 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:2008-09-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)