पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · September 29, 2012 CE

Also observed today

रास पूर्णिमा · Rāsa Pūrṇimā (Vraja Mahā-Rāsa)Vaishnava
महर्षि वाल्मीकि जयन्ती · Mahārṣi Vālmīki JayantīPan-Hindu
कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति · Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 6.38 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga

कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति।

अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि।।6.38।।

"6.38 Having failed in both, my Lord, is he without hope, like a riven cloud having no support, lost on the spiritual road?" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 6.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu

Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana

Bengali Saṁvat: 1419

Malayalam Era: 1188

Nanakshahi: 543

Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	162.27°	Kanyā	Hasta P1
चन्द्र Candra	329.55°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	210.15°	Vṛścika	Viśākhā P4
बुध Budha	175.88°	Kanyā	Citrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	51.96°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra	120.89°	Siṃha	Maghā P1
शनि Śani	184.91°	Tulā	Citrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:38 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:29 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:34 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	16:49 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	04:37 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 50 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 09 Mins 15 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:04 – 04:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:39 – 05:38
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:10 – 11:57
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:32 – 14:20
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:17 – 17:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:29 – 17:59
Amṛta Kāla	17:14 – 18:59
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:10 – 23:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	08:36 – 10:05
Yamaganda	13:03 – 14:31
Gulika Kāla	05:38 – 07:07
Varjyam	06:08 – 06:27
Dur Muhūrta	08:24 – 08:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)

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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	05:38 – 07:07 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	07:07 – 08:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	08:36 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	10:05 – 11:34 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	11:34 – 13:03 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	13:03 – 14:31 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	14:31 – 16:00 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	16:00 – 17:29 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	17:29 – 19:00 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	19:00 – 20:31 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	20:31 – 22:03 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	22:03 – 23:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	23:34 – 01:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	01:05 – 02:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	02:36 – 04:07 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	04:07 – 05:38 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 42.3601°

Longitude: -71.0589°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Pūrva Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1867734.27
Julian Day	2456199.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0310°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	168.25°

🪷 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 (24.0310°), declination -2.50°, EoT 10.52 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: 2012-09-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)