पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · October 6, 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: विजय दशमी — Vijaya Daśamī (Dasarā / Daśaharā)
Rāma's victory over Rāvaṇa; Durgā's victory; ārambha-divasa for śilpa-kalā.

Also observed today

🪷 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: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya168.43°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra281.03°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala105.96°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha173.60°KanyāCitrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati14.07°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra181.86°TulāCitrā P3
शनि Śani174.94°KanyāCitrā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:45 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:18 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:32 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:12 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:52 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 33 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 26 Mins 55 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:13 – 04:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:47 – 05:45
Abhijit Muhūrta11:08 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:27 – 14:13
Godhūli Muhūrta17:06 – 17:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:18 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla17:03 – 18:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:08 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:58 – 14:25
Yamaganda05:45 – 07:12
Gulika Kāla08:38 – 10:05
Varjyam06:14 – 06:32
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:50

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:45 – 07:12 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:12 – 08:38 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:38 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:05 – 11:32 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:32 – 12:58 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:58 – 14:25 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:25 – 15:51 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:51 – 17:18 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:18 – 18:51 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:51 – 20:25 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:25 – 21:58 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:58 – 23:32 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:32 – 01:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:05 – 02:38 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:38 – 04:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:12 – 05:45 (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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867375.27 · 5112.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455840.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0173° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)110.10° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (24.0173°) · declination -4.92° · EoT 12.68 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:2011-10-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)