पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · November 2, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.24 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अग्निर्ज्योतिरहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम्।

तत्र प्रयाता गच्छन्ति ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविदो जनाः।।8.24।।
"8.24 If knowing the Supreme Spirit the sage goes forth with fire and light, in the daytime, in the fortnight of the waxing moon and in the six months before the Northern summer solstice, he will attain the Supreme." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya195.48°TulāSvātī P3
चन्द्र Candra310.95°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala250.63°DhanuMūla P4
बुध Budha176.71°KanyāCitrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati115.72°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra197.25°TulāSvātī P4
शनि Śani209.69°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:18 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:37 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:28 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:42 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:37 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 19 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 40 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:56 – 05:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:27 – 06:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 11:48
Vijaya Muhūrta13:11 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta16:25 – 16:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:37 – 17:03
Amṛta Kāla16:22 – 18:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 23:48

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:20 – 16:37
Yamaganda11:28 – 12:45
Gulika Kāla14:03 – 15:20
Varjyam06:44 – 07:01
Dur Muhūrta 08:43 – 09:03

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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 Udveg06:18 – 07:36 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:36 – 08:53 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:53 – 10:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:10 – 11:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:28 – 12:45 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:45 – 14:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:03 – 15:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:20 – 16:37 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:37 – 18:20 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:20 – 20:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:03 – 21:45 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:45 – 23:28 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:28 – 01:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:10 – 02:53 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:53 – 04:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:36 – 06:18 (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)1868498.27
Julian Day2456963.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0602°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)116.95°
🪷 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 (24.0602°), declination -14.67°, EoT 16.42 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: 2014-11-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)