पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · November 24, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: गीता जयन्ती — Gītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
Day Bhagavad Gītā was delivered at Kurukṣetra (Mahābhārata Day 1).
Historical anchor: Bhagavad Gītā delivered at Kurukṣetra (Mahābhārata Day 1) (Kurukṣetra) — -3137-10-04 →

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।

रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya218.13°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
चन्द्र Candra348.23°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala251.10°DhanuMūla P4
बुध Budha204.74°TulāViśākhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati48.10°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra188.26°TulāSvātī P1
शनि Śani191.54°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:47 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:17 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:32 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:51 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:33 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 29 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 30 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:31 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:59 – 06:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 11:51
Vijaya Muhūrta13:07 – 13:45
Godhūli Muhūrta16:05 – 16:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:17 – 16:40
Amṛta Kāla16:02 – 17:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 23:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:09 – 10:20
Yamaganda12:43 – 13:54
Gulika Kāla06:47 – 07:58
Varjyam07:10 – 07:26
Dur Muhūrta 09:00 – 09:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:47 – 07:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:58 – 09:09 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:09 – 10:20 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:20 – 11:32 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:32 – 12:43 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:43 – 13:54 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta13:54 – 15:05 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:05 – 16:17 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:17 – 18:05 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:05 – 19:54 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla19:54 – 21:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:43 – 23:32 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:32 – 01:20 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:20 – 03:09 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:09 – 04:58 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:58 – 06:47 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867790.27
Julian Day2456255.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0332°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)127.84°
🪷 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 (24.0332°), declination -20.59°, EoT 12.55 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: 2012-11-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)