पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · November 4, 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 supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.18 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सत्कारमानपूजार्थं तपो दम्भेन चैव यत्।क्रियते तदिह प्रोक्तं राजसं चलमध्रुवम्।।17.18।।
"17.18 Austerity coupled with hypocrisy or performed for the sake of self-glorification, popularity or vanity, comes from Passion, and its result is always doubtful and temporary." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika (Adhika) Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya197.76°TulāSvātī P4
चन्द्र Candra33.68°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala104.38°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha196.72°TulāSvātī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati294.27°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra180.93°TulāCitrā P3
शनि Śani156.34°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:21 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:35 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:28 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:12 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:51 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 13 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 46 Mins 24 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:59 – 05:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:30 – 06:21
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 11:48
Vijaya Muhūrta13:10 – 13:51
Godhūli Muhūrta16:23 – 16:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:35 – 17:00
Amṛta Kāla16:20 – 18:05
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 23:48

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:28 – 12:45
Yamaganda07:38 – 08:55
Gulika Kāla10:11 – 11:28
Varjyam06:47 – 07:03
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:05

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:21 – 07:38 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:38 – 08:55 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:55 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:11 – 11:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:28 – 12:45 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:45 – 14:01 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:01 – 15:18 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:18 – 16:35 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:35 – 18:18 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:18 – 20:01 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:01 – 21:45 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:45 – 23:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:28 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:11 – 02:55 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:55 – 04:38 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:38 – 06:21 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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)1866674.27 · 5110.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455139.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9905° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)194.45° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (23.9905°) · declination -15.36° · EoT 16.33 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:2009-11-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)