पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · April 10, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: मत्स्य जयन्ती — Matsya Jayantī
Matsya saved Vaivasvata Manu and the Vedas during the cosmic deluge.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.39 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा।

कामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च।।3.39।।
"3.39 It is the wise man's constant enemy; it tarnishes the face of wisdom. It is as insatiable as a flame of fire." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.39'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 Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya356.53°MīnaRevatī P3
चन्द्र Candra32.94°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala224.26°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
बुध Budha12.99°MeṣaAśvinī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati139.79°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra341.10°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani231.92°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:12 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:20 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:46 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:53 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:30 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:26 – 04:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:06 – 05:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:12
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta18:08 – 18:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:20 – 18:53
Amṛta Kāla18:05 – 19:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:12

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:42 – 18:20
Yamaganda11:46 – 13:24
Gulika Kāla15:03 – 16:42
Varjyam05:44 – 06:05
Dur Muhūrta 08:16 – 08:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:12 – 06:50 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:50 – 08:29 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:29 – 10:07 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:07 – 11:46 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:46 – 13:24 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:24 – 15:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:03 – 16:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:42 – 18:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:20 – 19:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:42 – 21:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:03 – 22:24 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:24 – 23:46 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:46 – 01:07 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:07 – 02:29 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:29 – 03:50 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:50 – 05:12 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Tṛtīyā + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869023.27
Julian Day2457488.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0803°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)34.12°
🪷 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 (24.0803°), declination 8.05°, EoT -1.61 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: 2016-04-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)