पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · August 17, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.24 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः।

मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः।।6.24।।
"6.24 Renouncing every desire which imagination can conceive, controlling the senses at every point by the power of mind;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya120.02°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra24.17°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala198.07°TulāSvātī P4
बुध Budha128.27°SiṃhaMaghā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati102.21°KarkaPuṣya P3
शुक्र Śukra101.56°KarkaPuṣya P3
शनि Śani202.94°TulāViśākhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:53 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:43 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:15 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:34 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 50 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 09 Mins 22 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:02 – 03:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:43 – 04:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 15:02
Godhūli Muhūrta18:31 – 18:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:43 – 19:18
Amṛta Kāla18:28 – 20:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:59 – 18:43
Yamaganda11:48 – 13:32
Gulika Kāla15:16 – 16:59
Varjyam05:27 – 05:49
Dur Muhūrta 08:06 – 08:34

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:53 – 06:37 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:37 – 08:20 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:20 – 10:04 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:04 – 11:48 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:48 – 13:32 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:32 – 15:16 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:16 – 16:59 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:59 – 18:43 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:43 – 19:59 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:59 – 21:16 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:16 – 22:32 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:32 – 23:48 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:48 – 01:04 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:04 – 02:20 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:20 – 03:37 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:37 – 04:53 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868421.27
Julian Day2456886.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0573°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)261.41°
🪷 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 (24.0573°), declination 13.49°, EoT -3.75 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: 2014-08-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)