पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 11, 2011 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.56 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः।मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम्।।18.56।।
"18.56 Relying on Me in all his action and doing them for My sake, he attains, by My Grace, Eternal and Unchangeable Life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.56's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya234.61°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra59.55°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala139.23°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha220.42°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.58°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra263.81°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani182.39°TulāCitrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:04 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:13 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:38 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:22 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:34 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 08 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 51 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:51 – 06:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:18 – 07:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 11:57
Vijaya Muhūrta13:10 – 13:46
Godhūli Muhūrta16:01 – 16:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:13 – 16:36
Amṛta Kāla15:58 – 17:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 23:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:04 – 16:13
Yamaganda11:38 – 12:47
Gulika Kāla13:55 – 15:04
Varjyam07:27 – 07:41
Dur Muhūrta 09:12 – 09:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:04 – 08:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:12 – 09:21 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:21 – 10:30 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:30 – 11:38 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:38 – 12:47 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:47 – 13:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga13:55 – 15:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:04 – 16:13 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:13 – 18:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:04 – 19:55 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg19:55 – 21:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:47 – 23:38 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:38 – 01:30 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:30 – 03:21 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:21 – 05:12 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:12 – 07:04 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867441.27
Julian Day2455906.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0198°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)185.08°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0198°), declination -22.95°, EoT 5.99 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2011-12-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)