पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · May 8, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.37 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः।

महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्।।3.37।।
"3.37 Lord Shri Krishna: It is desire, it is aversion, born of passion. Desire consumes and corrupts everything. It is man's greatest enemy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya23.34°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra123.30°SiṃhaMaghā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala165.65°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha36.56°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati81.33°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra341.45°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani205.94°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:31 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:50 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:31 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:10 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 19 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 40 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:36 – 03:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:19 – 04:31
Abhijit Muhūrta11:12 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta14:04 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta18:38 – 19:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:50 – 19:26
Amṛta Kāla18:35 – 20:20
Niśīta Muhūrta23:12 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:28 – 15:16
Yamaganda04:31 – 06:18
Gulika Kāla08:06 – 09:53
Varjyam05:07 – 05:30
Dur Muhūrta 07:51 – 08:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:31 – 06:18 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:18 – 08:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:06 – 09:53 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala09:53 – 11:41 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:41 – 13:28 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:28 – 15:16 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:16 – 17:03 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:03 – 18:50 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:50 – 20:03 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:03 – 21:16 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:16 – 22:28 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:28 – 23:41 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:41 – 00:53 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala00:53 – 02:06 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:06 – 03:18 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:18 – 04:31 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Maghā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868320.27
Julian Day2456785.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0534°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)100.66°
🪷 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 (24.0534°), declination 17.02°, EoT 3.58 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: 2014-05-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)