पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · May 17, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.12 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
अध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वं तत्त्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम्।एतज्ज्ञानमिति प्रोक्तमज्ञानं यदतोन्यथा।।13.12।।
"13.12 Constant yearning for the knowledge of Self, and pondering over the lessons of the great Truth - this is Wisdom, all else ignorance." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya32.27°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
चन्द्र Candra109.19°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala25.40°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
बुध Budha38.27°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati56.41°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शुक्र Śukra44.91°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani192.56°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:21 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:00 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:41 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:56 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 39 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 20 Mins 40 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:24 – 03:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:08 – 04:21
Abhijit Muhūrta11:11 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta14:07 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta18:48 – 19:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:00 – 19:37
Amṛta Kāla18:45 – 20:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:11 – 00:10

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:51 – 11:41
Yamaganda15:20 – 17:10
Gulika Kāla06:11 – 08:01
Varjyam04:57 – 05:21
Dur Muhūrta 07:46 – 08:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:21 – 06:11 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:11 – 08:01 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:01 – 09:51 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla09:51 – 11:41 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:41 – 13:30 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:30 – 15:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:20 – 17:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:10 – 19:00 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:00 – 20:10 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:10 – 21:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:20 – 22:30 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:30 – 23:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:41 – 00:51 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla00:51 – 02:01 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:01 – 03:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:11 – 04:21 (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

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867964.27
Julian Day2456429.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0398°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)80.62°
🪷 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 (24.0398°), declination 19.33°, EoT 3.72 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: 2013-05-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)