पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · August 3, 2011 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.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.25 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
मानापमानयोस्तुल्यस्तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः।सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी गुणातीतः स उच्यते।।14.25।।
"14.25 Who looks equally upon honour and dishonour, loves friends and foes alike, abandons all initiative, such is he who transcends the Qualities." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya106.38°KarkaPuṣya P4
चन्द्र Candra150.53°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala65.54°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
बुध Budha127.12°SiṃhaMaghā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati15.05°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra102.51°KarkaPuṣya P3
शनि Śani168.23°KanyāHasta P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:38 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:02 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:36 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:58 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 24 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 35 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:42 – 03:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:26 – 04:38
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta18:50 – 19:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:02 – 19:38
Amṛta Kāla18:47 – 20:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:19

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:50 – 13:38
Yamaganda06:26 – 08:14
Gulika Kāla10:02 – 11:50
Varjyam05:14 – 05:37
Dur Muhūrta 08:00 – 08:28

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:38 – 06:26 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:26 – 08:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:14 – 10:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:02 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:50 – 13:38 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:38 – 15:26 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:26 – 17:14 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:14 – 19:02 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:02 – 20:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:14 – 21:26 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:26 – 22:38 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:38 – 23:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:50 – 01:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:02 – 02:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:14 – 03:26 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:26 – 04:38 (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 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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867311.27 · 5112.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455776.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0148° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)41.99° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (24.0148°) · declination 17.63° · EoT -5.88 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:2011-08-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)