पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · November 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
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🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.18 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना।करणं कर्म कर्तेति त्रिविधः कर्मसंग्रहः।।18.18।।
"18.18 Knowledge, the knower and the object of knowledge, these are the three incentives to action; and the act, the actor and the instrument are the threefold constituents." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya196.25°TulāSvātī P3
चन्द्र Candra290.32°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala121.60°SiṃhaMaghā P1
बुध Budha216.33°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati10.46°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra216.66°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शनि Śani178.33°KanyāCitrā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:19 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:37 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:28 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:44 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:45 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 17 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 42 Mins 42 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:57 – 05:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:28 – 06:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 11:48
Vijaya Muhūrta13:11 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta16:25 – 16:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:37 – 17:02
Amṛta Kāla16:22 – 18:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 23:48

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:45 – 14:02
Yamaganda06:19 – 07:36
Gulika Kāla08:54 – 10:11
Varjyam06:45 – 07:01
Dur Muhūrta 08:43 – 09:04

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:19 – 07:36 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:36 – 08:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:54 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:11 – 11:28 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:28 – 12:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:45 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:02 – 15:19 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:19 – 16:37 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:37 – 18:19 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:19 – 20:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:02 – 21:45 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:45 – 23:28 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:28 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:11 – 02:54 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:54 – 04:36 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:36 – 06:19 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Śravaṇa alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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)1867403.27 · 5112.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455868.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0184° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)91.42° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (24.0184°) · declination -14.90° · EoT 16.38 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:2011-11-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)