पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · November 16, 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
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🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.12 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तस्य संजनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः।

सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्।।1.12।।
"1.12 Then to enliven his spirits, the brave Grandfather Bheeshma, eldest of the Kuru-clan, blew his conch, till it sounded like a lion's roar." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya209.28°TulāViśākhā P3
चन्द्र Candra259.28°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala157.60°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha208.04°TulāViśākhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.29°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra163.83°KanyāHasta P2
शनि Śani221.50°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:36 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:23 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:30 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:16 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:23 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 46 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 13 Mins 04 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:18 – 05:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:47 – 06:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:10 – 11:49
Vijaya Muhūrta13:07 – 13:47
Godhūli Muhūrta16:11 – 16:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:23 – 16:47
Amṛta Kāla16:08 – 17:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:10 – 23:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:49 – 09:03
Yamaganda10:16 – 11:30
Gulika Kāla12:43 – 13:56
Varjyam07:01 – 07:16
Dur Muhūrta 08:53 – 09:13

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:36 – 07:49 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:49 – 09:03 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:03 – 10:16 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:16 – 11:30 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:30 – 12:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala12:43 – 13:56 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha13:56 – 15:10 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:10 – 16:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:23 – 18:10 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:10 – 19:56 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta19:56 – 21:43 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla21:43 – 23:30 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:30 – 01:16 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:16 – 03:03 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:03 – 04:49 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:49 – 06:36 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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)1868877.27 · 5116.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457342.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0747° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)51.98° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 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 (24.0747°) · declination -18.61° · EoT 14.67 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:2015-11-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)