पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · October 24, 2013 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.38 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्।परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्।।18.38।।
"18.38 That which as first is like nectar, because the senses revel in their objects, but in the end acts like poison - that pleasure arises from Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa 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 (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya186.75°TulāSvātī P1
चन्द्र Candra64.66°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala130.87°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha203.97°TulāViśākhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati85.54°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra233.35°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani198.32°TulāSvātī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:07 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:49 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:28 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:43 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:57 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 41 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 18 Mins 05 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:42 – 05:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:14 – 06:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 11:49
Vijaya Muhūrta13:15 – 13:58
Godhūli Muhūrta16:37 – 17:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:49 – 17:16
Amṛta Kāla16:34 – 18:19
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 23:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:48 – 14:09
Yamaganda06:07 – 07:27
Gulika Kāla08:48 – 10:08
Varjyam06:34 – 06:51
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 08:58

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:07 – 07:27 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:27 – 08:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:48 – 10:08 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:08 – 11:28 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:28 – 12:48 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:48 – 14:09 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:09 – 15:29 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:29 – 16:49 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:49 – 18:29 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:29 – 20:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:09 – 21:48 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:48 – 23:28 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:28 – 01:08 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:08 – 02:48 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:48 – 04:27 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:27 – 06:07 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5115 · Kali-5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868124.27 · 5114.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456589.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0459° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)240.57° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.0459°) · declination -11.75° · EoT 16.15 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2013-10-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)