पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 11, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.37 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान्।

स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव।।1.37।।
"1.37 We are worthy of a nobler feat than to slaughter our relatives - the sons of Dhritarashtra; for, my Lord, how can we be happy of we kill our kinsmen?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya234.58°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra230.03°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala172.35°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha247.20°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati147.20°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra192.62°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani224.46°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:04 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:13 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:38 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:45 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:55 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 08 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 51 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:51 – 06:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:18 – 07:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 11:57
Vijaya Muhūrta13:10 – 13:46
Godhūli Muhūrta16:01 – 16:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:13 – 16:36
Amṛta Kāla15:58 – 17:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 23:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:30 – 11:38
Yamaganda13:55 – 15:04
Gulika Kāla08:12 – 09:21
Varjyam07:27 – 07:41
Dur Muhūrta 09:12 – 09:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:04 – 08:12 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:12 – 09:21 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:21 – 10:30 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:30 – 11:38 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:38 – 12:47 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:47 – 13:55 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg13:55 – 15:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:04 – 16:13 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:13 – 18:04 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:04 – 19:55 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala19:55 – 21:47 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:47 – 23:38 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:38 – 01:30 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:30 – 03:21 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:21 – 05:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:12 – 07:04 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868902.27
Julian Day2457367.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0757°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)354.76°
🪷 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 (24.0757°), declination -22.95°, EoT 5.99 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: 2015-12-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)