पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · March 22, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.5 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम्।

अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते।।12.5।।
"12.5 But they who thus fix their attention on the Absolute and Impersonal encounter greater hardships, for it is difficult for those who possess a body to realise Me as without one." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya337.03°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra0.01°MeṣaAśvinī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala358.48°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha319.73°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati108.23°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra11.30°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शनि Śani220.58°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:46 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:58 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:46 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:01 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 12 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 47 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:08 – 04:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:45 – 05:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:46 – 18:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:58 – 18:28
Amṛta Kāla17:43 – 19:28
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:26 – 17:58
Yamaganda11:52 – 13:23
Gulika Kāla14:55 – 16:26
Varjyam06:16 – 06:36
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 09:01

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:46 – 07:17 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:17 – 08:49 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:49 – 10:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:20 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:52 – 13:23 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:23 – 14:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:55 – 16:26 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:26 – 17:58 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:58 – 19:26 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:26 – 20:55 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:55 – 22:23 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:23 – 23:52 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:52 – 01:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:20 – 02:49 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:49 – 04:17 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:17 – 05:46 (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)1868638.27
Julian Day2457103.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0656°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)22.08°
🪷 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 (24.0656°), declination 0.44°, EoT -7.53 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: 2015-03-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)