पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · March 1, 2013 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
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🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.10 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अनेकवक्त्रनयनमनेकाद्भुतदर्शनम्।

अनेकदिव्याभरणं दिव्यानेकोद्यतायुधम्।।11.10।।
"11.10 There were countless eyes and mouths, and mystic forms innumerable, with shining ornaments and flaming celestial weapons." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya316.58°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra176.34°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala327.04°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha323.29°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati43.30°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra309.49°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani197.14°TulāSvātī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:21 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:34 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:02 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:10 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 13 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 46 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:51 – 05:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:24 – 06:21
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:50 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:22 – 17:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:34 – 18:02
Amṛta Kāla17:19 – 19:04
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:20

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:33 – 11:57
Yamaganda14:46 – 16:10
Gulika Kāla07:45 – 09:09
Varjyam06:49 – 07:07
Dur Muhūrta 08:58 – 09:20

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:21 – 07:45 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:45 – 09:09 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:09 – 10:33 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:33 – 11:57 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:57 – 13:21 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:21 – 14:46 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:46 – 16:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:10 – 17:34 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:34 – 19:10 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:10 – 20:46 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:46 – 22:21 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:21 – 23:57 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:57 – 01:33 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:33 – 03:09 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:09 – 04:45 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:45 – 06:21 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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)1867887.27 · 5114.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456352.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0369° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)219.21° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (24.0369°) · declination -7.59° · EoT -13.04 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:2013-03-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)