पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · May 7, 2009 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: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.18 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
त्वमक्षरं परमं वेदितव्यं

त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम्।

त्वमव्ययः शाश्वतधर्मगोप्ता

सनातनस्त्वं पुरुषो मतो मे।।11.18।।
"11.18 Imperishable art Thou, the Sole One worthy to be known, the priceless Treasure-house of the universe, the immortal Guardian of the Life Eternal, the Spirit Everlasting." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya22.64°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra177.58°KanyāCitrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala347.06°MīnaRevatī P1
बुध Budha37.84°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati301.08°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra341.31°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani140.80°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:32 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:50 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:28 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:33 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 17 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 42 Mins 18 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:38 – 03:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:20 – 04:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:12 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta14:04 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta18:38 – 19:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:50 – 19:25
Amṛta Kāla18:35 – 20:20
Niśīta Muhūrta23:12 – 00:09

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:28 – 15:15
Yamaganda04:32 – 06:19
Gulika Kāla08:06 – 09:54
Varjyam05:08 – 05:30
Dur Muhūrta 07:52 – 08:21

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ 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 Śubha04:32 – 06:19 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:19 – 08:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:06 – 09:54 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala09:54 – 11:41 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:41 – 13:28 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:28 – 15:15 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:15 – 17:02 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:02 – 18:50 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:50 – 20:02 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:02 – 21:15 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:15 – 22:28 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:28 – 23:41 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:41 – 00:54 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala00:54 – 02:06 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:06 – 03:19 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:19 – 04:32 (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 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 Year5111 · Kali-5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866493.27 · 5110.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454958.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9836° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)155.58° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.9836°) · declination 16.80° · EoT 3.51 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:2009-05-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)