पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · July 23, 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.20 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि।विकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसंभवान्।।13.20।।
"13.20 Know thou further that Nature and God have no beginning; and that differences of character and quality have their origin in Nature only." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya96.35°KarkaPuṣya P1
चन्द्र Candra109.59°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala43.49°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha106.17°KarkaPuṣya P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati301.23°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra55.54°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani144.23°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:27 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:13 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:36 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:50 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 45 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 14 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:29 – 03:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:14 – 04:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta19:01 – 19:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:13 – 19:50
Amṛta Kāla18:58 – 20:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:20

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:41 – 15:32
Yamaganda04:27 – 06:18
Gulika Kāla08:09 – 10:00
Varjyam05:04 – 05:28
Dur Muhūrta 07:54 – 08:24

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
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):
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 · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:27 – 06:18 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:18 – 08:09 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:09 – 10:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:00 – 11:50 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:50 – 13:41 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:41 – 15:32 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:32 – 17:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:23 – 19:13 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:13 – 20:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:23 – 21:32 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:32 – 22:41 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:41 – 23:50 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:50 – 01:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:00 – 02:09 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:09 – 03:18 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:18 – 04:27 (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)1866570.27 · 5110.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455035.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9865° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)12.66° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (23.9865°) · declination 20.08° · EoT -6.13 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:2009-07-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)