पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · October 6, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.27 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
इच्छाद्वेषसमुत्थेन द्वन्द्वमोहेन भारत।

सर्वभूतानि संमोहं सर्गे यान्ति परन्तप।।7.27।।
"7.27 O brave Arjuna! Man lives in a fairy world, deceived by the glamour of opposite sensations, infatuated by desire and aversion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya168.66°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra315.51°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala230.98°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha188.22°TulāSvātī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati111.98°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra163.46°KanyāHasta P2
शनि Śani206.71°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:45 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:18 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:32 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:45 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:53 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 32 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 27 Mins 42 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:13 – 04:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:48 – 05:45
Abhijit Muhūrta11:08 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:27 – 14:13
Godhūli Muhūrta17:06 – 17:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:18 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla17:03 – 18:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:08 – 23:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:12 – 08:38
Yamaganda10:05 – 11:32
Gulika Kāla12:58 – 14:25
Varjyam06:14 – 06:33
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:50

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:45 – 07:12 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:12 – 08:38 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:38 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:05 – 11:32 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:32 – 12:58 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala12:58 – 14:25 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:25 – 15:51 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:51 – 17:18 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:18 – 18:51 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:51 – 20:25 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:25 – 21:58 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla21:58 – 23:32 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:32 – 01:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:05 – 02:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:38 – 04:12 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:12 – 05:45 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868471.27
Julian Day2456936.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0592°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)148.98°
🪷 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 (24.0592°), declination -5.02°, EoT 12.68 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: 2014-10-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)