पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · August 25, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.7 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते।मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः।।18.7।।
"18.7 It is not right to give up actions which are obligatory; and if they are misunderstood, it is the result of sheer ignorance." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya127.48°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra244.00°DhanuMūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala106.09°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha152.35°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati128.12°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शुक्र Śukra112.98°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शनि Śani214.41°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:01 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:31 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:46 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:01 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:03 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 35 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:13 – 04:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:53 – 05:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta18:19 – 18:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:31 – 19:05
Amṛta Kāla18:16 – 20:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 00:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:09 – 16:50
Yamaganda08:23 – 10:05
Gulika Kāla11:46 – 13:27
Varjyam05:34 – 05:56
Dur Muhūrta 08:10 – 08:37

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:01 – 06:42 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:42 – 08:23 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:23 – 10:05 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:05 – 11:46 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:46 – 13:27 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:27 – 15:09 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:09 – 16:50 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:50 – 18:31 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:31 – 19:50 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:50 – 21:09 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:09 – 22:27 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:27 – 23:46 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:46 – 01:05 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:05 – 02:23 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:23 – 03:42 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:42 – 05:01 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868794.27
Julian Day2457259.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0716°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)119.17°
🪷 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 (24.0716°), declination 10.92°, EoT -1.71 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: 2015-08-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)