पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · July 5, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.8 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम्।अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम्।।16.8।।
"16.8 They say the universe is an accident with no purpose and no God. Life is created by sexual union, a product of lust and nothing else." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya78.67°MithunaĀrdrā P4
चन्द्र Candra297.78°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala72.76°MithunaĀrdrā P2
बुध Budha59.26°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.49°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra119.70°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani214.62°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:13 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:24 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:15 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:35 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 11 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 48 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:11 – 03:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā02:57 – 04:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta19:12 – 19:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:24 – 20:02
Amṛta Kāla19:09 – 20:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:30 – 19:24
Yamaganda11:48 – 13:42
Gulika Kāla15:36 – 17:30
Varjyam04:51 – 05:15
Dur Muhūrta 07:45 – 08:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:13 – 06:07 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:07 – 08:01 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:01 – 09:55 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta09:55 – 11:48 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:48 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:42 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:36 – 17:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:30 – 19:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:24 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:30 – 21:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:36 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:42 – 23:48 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:48 – 00:55 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta00:55 – 02:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:01 – 03:07 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:07 – 04:13 (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 Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868743.27
Julian Day2457208.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0696°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)217.29°
🪷 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 (24.0696°), declination 22.83°, EoT -4.19 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: 2015-07-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)