पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · March 27, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: पापमोचनी एकादशी — Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī
Removes mahā-pātakas (great sins).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.67 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
इन्द्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोऽनुविधीयते।

तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि।।2.67।।
"2.67 As a ship at sea is tossed by the tempest, so the reason is carried away by the mind when preyed upon by straying senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.67's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya342.24°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra291.79°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala179.16°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha317.55°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati76.40°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra295.53°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani208.53°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:37 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:04 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:26 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:31 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 27 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 32 Mins 43 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:57 – 04:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:34 – 05:37
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta13:55 – 14:45
Godhūli Muhūrta17:52 – 18:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:04 – 18:35
Amṛta Kāla17:49 – 19:34
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:24 – 14:57
Yamaganda05:37 – 07:10
Gulika Kāla08:43 – 10:17
Varjyam06:08 – 06:28
Dur Muhūrta 08:31 – 08:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:37 – 07:10 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:10 – 08:43 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:43 – 10:17 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:17 – 11:50 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:50 – 13:24 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:24 – 14:57 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:57 – 16:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:30 – 18:04 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:04 – 19:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:30 – 20:57 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:57 – 22:24 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:24 – 23:50 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:50 – 01:17 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:17 – 02:43 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:43 – 04:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:10 – 05:37 (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

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868278.27
Julian Day2456743.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0518°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)311.60°
🪷 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 (24.0518°), declination 2.50°, EoT -5.94 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: 2014-03-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)