पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · October 18, 2013 CE

Also observed today

तुला सङ्क्रान्ति · Tulā SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.32 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसाऽऽवृता।सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी।।18.32।।

"18.32 And that which, shrouded in Ignorance, thinks wrong right, and sees everything perversely, O Arjuna, that intellect is ruled by Darkness." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.32's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava

Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1420

Malayalam Era: 1189

Nanakshahi: 544

Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	180.78°	Tulā	Citrā P3
चन्द्र Candra	349.31°	Mīna	Revatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	127.32°	Siṃha	Maghā P3
बुध Budha	203.72°	Tulā	Viśākhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	85.22°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra	227.01°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani	197.62°	Tulā	Svātī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:00 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:58 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:29 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	16:20 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	05:05 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 58 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 01 Mins 50 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:32 – 05:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:05 – 06:00
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:07 – 11:51
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:19 – 14:02
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:46 – 17:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:58 – 17:25
Amṛta Kāla	16:43 – 18:28
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:07 – 23:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:07 – 11:29
Yamaganda	14:13 – 15:36
Gulika Kāla	07:22 – 08:44
Varjyam	06:27 – 06:45
Dur Muhūrta	08:33 – 08:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)

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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	06:00 – 07:22 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	07:22 – 08:44 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	08:44 – 10:07 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:07 – 11:29 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	11:29 – 12:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	12:51 – 14:13 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	14:13 – 15:36 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	15:36 – 16:58 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	16:58 – 18:36 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	18:36 – 20:13 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	20:13 – 21:51 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	21:51 – 23:29 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	23:29 – 01:07 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:07 – 02:44 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	02:44 – 04:22 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	04:22 – 06:00 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 42.3601°

Longitude: -71.0589°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Revatī alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1868118.27
Julian Day	2456583.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0457°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	169.98°

🪷 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 (24.0457°), declination -9.61°, EoT 15.40 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: 2013-10-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)