पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · May 13, 2015 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
?format=json (for AI agents · structured JSON envelope)
🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.2 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
इदं ज्ञानमुपाश्रित्य मम साधर्म्यमागताः।सर्गेऽपि नोपजायन्ते प्रलये न व्यथन्ति च।।14.2।।
"14.2 Dwelling in Wisdom and realising My Divinity, they are not born again when the universe is re-created at the beginning of every cycle, nor are they affected when it is dissolved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya27.92°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra318.97°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala36.35°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
बुध Budha47.58°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati109.51°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra71.33°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शनि Śani218.09°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:25 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:56 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:40 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:26 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:43 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 30 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 29 Mins 55 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:29 – 03:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:13 – 04:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:11 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta14:05 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta18:44 – 19:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:56 – 19:32
Amṛta Kāla18:41 – 20:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:11 – 00:09

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:40 – 13:29
Yamaganda06:14 – 08:03
Gulika Kāla09:52 – 11:40
Varjyam05:02 – 05:25
Dur Muhūrta 07:48 – 08:17

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:25 – 06:14 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:14 – 08:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:03 – 09:52 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha09:52 – 11:40 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:40 – 13:29 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:29 – 15:18 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:18 – 17:07 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:07 – 18:56 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:56 – 20:07 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:07 – 21:18 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:18 – 22:29 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:29 – 23:40 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:40 – 00:52 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha00:52 – 02:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:03 – 03:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:14 – 04:25 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5117 · Kali-5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868690.27 · 5116.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457155.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0676° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)293.00° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 25/30)
🪷 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 (24.0676°) · declination 18.26° · EoT 3.75 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:2015-05-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)