पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · October 1, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.15 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शरीरवाङ्मनोभिर्यत्कर्म प्रारभते नरः।न्याय्यं वा विपरीतं वा पञ्चैते तस्य हेतवः।।18.15।।
"18.15 Whatever action a man performs, whether by muscular effort or by speech or by thought, and whether it be right or wrong, these five are the essential causes." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya163.99°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra116.73°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala117.07°KarkaAśleṣā P4
बुध Budha187.77°TulāSvātī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati83.73°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra208.34°TulāViśākhā P3
शनि Śani195.70°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:40 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:26 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:33 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:26 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:22 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 45 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 14 Mins 14 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:06 – 04:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:41 – 05:40
Abhijit Muhūrta11:10 – 11:57
Vijaya Muhūrta13:31 – 14:18
Godhūli Muhūrta17:14 – 17:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:26 – 17:55
Amṛta Kāla17:11 – 18:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:10 – 23:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:30 – 15:58
Yamaganda08:37 – 10:05
Gulika Kāla11:33 – 13:01
Varjyam06:10 – 06:28
Dur Muhūrta 08:25 – 08:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 Roga05:40 – 07:08 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:08 – 08:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:37 – 10:05 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:05 – 11:33 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:33 – 13:01 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:01 – 14:30 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:30 – 15:58 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:58 – 17:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:26 – 18:58 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:58 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:30 – 22:01 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:01 – 23:33 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:33 – 01:05 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:05 – 02:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:37 – 04:08 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:08 – 05:40 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868101.27
Julian Day2456566.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0451°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)312.27°
🪷 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 (24.0451°), declination -3.19°, EoT 11.17 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: 2013-10-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)