पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · March 20, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.18 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन।

न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्िचदर्थव्यपाश्रयः।।3.18।।
"3.18 He has nothing to gain by the performance or non-performance of action. His welfare depends not on any contribution that an earthly creature can make." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya335.78°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra117.42°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala220.24°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha331.77°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati142.03°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra315.15°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani232.09°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:48 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:57 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:22 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:16 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 08 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 51 Mins 22 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:11 – 05:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:47 – 05:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta17:45 – 18:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:57 – 18:27
Amṛta Kāla17:42 – 19:27
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:17

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:26 – 17:57
Yamaganda11:52 – 13:23
Gulika Kāla14:55 – 16:26
Varjyam06:18 – 06:38
Dur Muhūrta 08:38 – 09:02

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:48 – 07:19 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:19 – 08:50 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:50 – 10:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:21 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:52 – 13:23 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:23 – 14:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:55 – 16:26 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:26 – 17:57 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:57 – 19:26 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:26 – 20:55 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:55 – 22:23 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:23 – 23:52 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:52 – 01:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:21 – 02:50 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:50 – 04:19 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:19 – 05:48 (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)1869002.27
Julian Day2457467.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0795°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)140.33°
🪷 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 (24.0795°), declination -0.05°, EoT -8.15 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: 2016-03-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)