पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 13, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.39 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
कथं न ज्ञेयमस्माभिः पापादस्मान्निवर्तितुम्।

कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भिर्जनार्दन।।1.39।।
"1.39 Should not we, whose eyes are open, who consider it to be wrong to annihilate our house, turn away from so great a crime?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.39'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 Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya236.61°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra255.95°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala173.50°KanyāCitrā P1
बुध Budha250.28°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati147.36°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra194.99°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani224.69°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:05 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:13 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:39 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:24 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:29 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 07 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 52 Mins 36 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:52 – 06:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:20 – 07:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 11:57
Vijaya Muhūrta13:10 – 13:47
Godhūli Muhūrta16:01 – 16:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:13 – 16:36
Amṛta Kāla15:58 – 17:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 23:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:04 – 16:13
Yamaganda11:39 – 12:48
Gulika Kāla13:56 – 15:04
Varjyam07:28 – 07:43
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:31

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
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):
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 Udveg07:05 – 08:14 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:14 – 09:22 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:22 – 10:31 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:31 – 11:39 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:39 – 12:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:48 – 13:56 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga13:56 – 15:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:04 – 16:13 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:13 – 18:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:04 – 19:56 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg19:56 – 21:48 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:48 – 23:39 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:39 – 01:31 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:31 – 03:22 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:22 – 05:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:14 – 07:05 (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)1868904.27
Julian Day2457369.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0758°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)19.06°
🪷 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 (24.0758°), declination -23.11°, EoT 5.09 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: 2015-12-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)