पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · October 23, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: अक्षय नवमी — Akṣaya Navamī (Āmlā Navamī)
Worship of Āmlā tree; equivalent merit to Akṣaya Tṛtīyā.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.15 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः।

माययापहृतज्ञाना आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः।।7.15।।
"7.15 The sinner, the ignorant, the vile, deprived of spiritual perception by the glamour of Illusion, and he who pursues a godless life - none of them shall find Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya186.01°TulāCitrā P4
चन्द्र Candra287.23°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala227.25°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha209.55°TulāViśākhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati51.41°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra149.18°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani187.75°TulāSvātī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:06 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:50 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:28 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:16 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:10 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 43 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 16 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:40 – 05:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:13 – 06:06
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 11:50
Vijaya Muhūrta13:16 – 13:58
Godhūli Muhūrta16:38 – 17:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:50 – 17:17
Amṛta Kāla16:35 – 18:20
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 23:50

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:09 – 15:30
Yamaganda08:47 – 10:08
Gulika Kāla11:28 – 12:49
Varjyam06:33 – 06:50
Dur Muhūrta 08:36 – 08:58

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (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 Roga06:06 – 07:27 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:27 – 08:47 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:47 – 10:08 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:08 – 11:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:28 – 12:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:49 – 14:09 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:09 – 15:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:30 – 16:50 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:50 – 18:30 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:30 – 20:09 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:09 – 21:49 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:49 – 23:28 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:28 – 01:08 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:08 – 02:47 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:47 – 04:27 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:27 – 06:06 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Śravaṇa alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867758.27
Julian Day2456223.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0319°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)98.74°
🪷 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 (24.0319°), declination -11.48°, EoT 16.06 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: 2012-10-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)