पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · June 17, 2013 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।

"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 14.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava

Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1420

Malayalam Era: 1189

Nanakshahi: 544

Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)

Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	61.99°	Mithuna	Mr̥gaśirā P3
चन्द्र Candra	155.89°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	47.52°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P3
बुध Budha	85.64°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	63.40°	Mithuna	Mr̥gaśirā P4
शुक्र Śukra	82.80°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
शनि Śani	190.90°	Tulā	Svātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:07 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:23 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:45 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	11:57 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:04 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	15 Hours 16 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	8 Hours 43 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:04 – 03:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	02:50 – 04:07
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:14 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:18 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:11 – 19:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:23 – 20:01
Amṛta Kāla	19:08 – 20:53
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:14 – 00:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	06:01 – 07:56
Yamaganda	09:50 – 11:45
Gulika Kāla	13:39 – 15:34
Varjyam	04:45 – 05:09
Dur Muhūrta	07:40 – 08:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: North-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	04:07 – 06:01 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	06:01 – 07:56 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	07:56 – 09:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	09:50 – 11:45 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	11:45 – 13:39 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:39 – 15:34 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	15:34 – 17:29 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	17:29 – 19:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	19:23 – 20:29 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	20:29 – 21:34 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	21:34 – 22:39 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:39 – 23:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	23:45 – 00:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	00:50 – 01:56 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	01:56 – 03:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	03:01 – 04:07 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 42.3601°

Longitude: -71.0589°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Uttara Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1867995.27
Julian Day	2456460.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0410°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	97.48°

🪷 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 (24.0410°), declination 23.38°, EoT -0.61 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: 2013-06-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)