पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · October 24, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.16 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन।

आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ।।7.16।।
"7.16 O Arjuna! The righteous who worship Me are grouped by stages: first, they who suffer, next they who desire knowledge, then they who thirst after truth, and lastly they who attain wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.16'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 Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya187.00°TulāSvātī P1
चन्द्र Candra300.50°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala227.97°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha210.70°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati51.35°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra150.38°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani187.88°TulāSvātī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:07 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:49 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:28 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:49 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:15 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 41 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 18 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:42 – 05:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:14 – 06:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 11:49
Vijaya Muhūrta13:15 – 13:58
Godhūli Muhūrta16:37 – 17:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:49 – 17:15
Amṛta Kāla16:34 – 18:19
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 23:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:28 – 12:48
Yamaganda07:28 – 08:48
Gulika Kāla10:08 – 11:28
Varjyam06:34 – 06:51
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 08:58

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:07 – 07:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:28 – 08:48 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:48 – 10:08 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:08 – 11:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:28 – 12:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:48 – 14:08 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:08 – 15:29 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:29 – 16:49 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:49 – 18:29 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:29 – 20:08 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:08 – 21:48 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:48 – 23:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:28 – 01:08 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:08 – 02:48 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:48 – 04:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:28 – 06:07 (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

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867759.27
Julian Day2456224.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0320°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)111.35°
🪷 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 (24.0320°), declination -11.83°, EoT 16.15 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: 2012-10-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)