पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · November 19, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.15 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
पाञ्चजन्यं हृषीकेशो देवदत्तं धनंजयः।

पौण्ड्रं दध्मौ महाशङ्खं भीमकर्मा वृकोदरः।।1.15।।
"1.15 Lord Shri Krishna blew his Panchajanya and Arjuna his Devadatta, brave Bheema his renowned shell, Poundra." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya212.30°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
चन्द्र Candra299.42°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala159.40°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha212.82°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.71°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra167.18°KanyāHasta P3
शनि Śani221.85°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:40 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:21 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:30 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:07 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:31 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 40 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 19 Mins 17 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:22 – 06:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:52 – 06:40
Abhijit Muhūrta11:11 – 11:50
Vijaya Muhūrta13:07 – 13:46
Godhūli Muhūrta16:09 – 16:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:21 – 16:45
Amṛta Kāla16:06 – 17:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:11 – 23:50

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:43 – 13:55
Yamaganda06:40 – 07:53
Gulika Kāla09:05 – 10:18
Varjyam07:04 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 Śubha06:40 – 07:53 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:53 – 09:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:05 – 10:18 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:18 – 11:30 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:30 – 12:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:43 – 13:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla13:55 – 15:08 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:08 – 16:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:21 – 18:08 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:08 – 19:55 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha19:55 – 21:43 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:43 – 23:30 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:30 – 01:18 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:18 – 03:05 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:05 – 04:53 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:53 – 06:40 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868880.27
Julian Day2457345.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0749°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)89.64°
🪷 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 (24.0749°), declination -19.34°, EoT 13.96 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: 2015-11-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)