पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · July 18, 2012 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 4.36 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः।

सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि।।4.36।।
"4.36 Be thou the greatest of sinners, yet thou shalt cross over all sin by the ferryboat of wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya91.80°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra78.51°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala163.70°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha108.04°KarkaAśleṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati43.42°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra49.98°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शनि Śani178.90°KanyāCitrā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:23 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:17 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:23 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:31 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 54 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 05 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:24 – 03:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:09 – 04:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta19:05 – 19:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:17 – 19:54
Amṛta Kāla19:02 – 20:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:20

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:50 – 13:42
Yamaganda06:15 – 08:07
Gulika Kāla09:58 – 11:50
Varjyam05:00 – 05:24
Dur Muhūrta 07:52 – 08:21

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:23 – 06:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:15 – 08:07 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:07 – 09:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha09:58 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:50 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:42 – 15:34 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:34 – 17:25 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:25 – 19:17 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:17 – 20:25 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:25 – 21:34 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:34 – 22:42 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:42 – 23:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:50 – 00:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha00:58 – 02:07 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:07 – 03:15 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:15 – 04:23 (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 Year5114 · Kali-5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867661.27 · 5113.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456126.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0282° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)346.25° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (24.0282°) · declination 20.98° · EoT -5.86 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:2012-07-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)