पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · November 14, 2014 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: कालभैरव अष्टमी — Kālabhairava Aṣṭamī
Kālabhairava's manifestation; Kāśī-kṣetrapāla.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.8 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः।

भूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशं प्रकृतेर्वशात्।।9.8।।
"9.8 With the help of Nature, again and again I pour forth the whole multitude of beings, whether they will or no, for they are ruled by My Will." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya207.52°TulāViśākhā P3
चन्द्र Candra111.15°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala259.66°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha193.38°TulāSvātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati116.83°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra212.30°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani211.10°VṛścikaViśākhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:34 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:25 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:29 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:59 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:09 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 50 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 09 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:15 – 05:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:45 – 06:34
Abhijit Muhūrta11:09 – 11:49
Vijaya Muhūrta13:08 – 13:47
Godhūli Muhūrta16:13 – 16:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:25 – 16:49
Amṛta Kāla16:10 – 17:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:09 – 23:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:15 – 11:29
Yamaganda13:57 – 15:11
Gulika Kāla07:48 – 09:01
Varjyam06:58 – 07:14
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:11

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:34 – 07:48 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:48 – 09:01 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:01 – 10:15 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:15 – 11:29 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:29 – 12:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:43 – 13:57 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg13:57 – 15:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:11 – 16:25 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:25 – 18:11 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:11 – 19:57 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala19:57 – 21:43 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:43 – 23:29 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:29 – 01:15 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:15 – 03:01 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:01 – 04:48 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:48 – 06:34 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5116 · Kali-5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868510.27 · 5115.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456975.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0607° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)264.20° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.0607°) · declination -18.16° · EoT 15.07 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2014-11-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)