पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · May 9, 2013 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 13.4 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga

तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक् च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत्।स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे श्रृणु।।13.4।।

"13.4 What is called Matter, of what it is composed, whence it came, and why it changes, what the Self is, and what Its power - this I will now briefly set forth." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 13.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava

Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1420

Malayalam Era: 1189

Nanakshahi: 544

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)	Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)	Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	24.55°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra	13.60°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	19.55°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P2
बुध Budha	20.83°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	54.68°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
शुक्र Śukra	35.09°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P3
शनि Śani	193.13°	Tulā	Svātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:29 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:52 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:41 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	04:01 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	17:53 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 22 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 37 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:34 – 03:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:18 – 04:29
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:12 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:04 – 15:02
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:40 – 19:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:52 – 19:28
Amṛta Kāla	18:37 – 20:22
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:12 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	13:28 – 15:16
Yamaganda	04:29 – 06:17
Gulika Kāla	08:05 – 09:53
Varjyam	05:05 – 05:28
Dur Muhūrta	07:51 – 08:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha	04:29 – 06:17 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga	06:17 – 08:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg	08:05 – 09:53 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala	09:53 – 11:41 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha	11:41 – 13:28 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta	13:28 – 15:16 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla	15:16 – 17:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha	17:04 – 18:52 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta	18:52 – 20:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla	20:04 – 21:16 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha	21:16 – 22:28 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga	22:28 – 23:41 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg	23:41 – 00:53 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala	00:53 – 02:05 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha	02:05 – 03:17 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta	03:17 – 04:29 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 42.3601°

Longitude: -71.0589°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Bṛhaspati Walk (गुरु यात्रा)

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Bharaṇī alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-20 — Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1867956.27
Julian Day	2456421.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0395°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	349.91°

🪷 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 (24.0395°), declination 17.36°, EoT 3.63 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: 2013-05-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)