पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · June 12, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.17 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणाः।

गच्छन्त्यपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः।।5.17।।
"5.17 Meditating on the Divine, having faith in the Divine, concentrating on the Divine and losing themselves in the Divine, their sins dissolved in wisdom, they go whence there is no return." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya57.44°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
चन्द्र Candra144.03°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala211.00°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
बुध Budha34.21°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati140.16°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra58.61°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
शनि Śani228.20°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:07 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:21 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:44 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:10 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:51 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 14 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 45 Mins 35 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:05 – 03:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā02:50 – 04:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta19:09 – 19:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:21 – 19:59
Amṛta Kāla19:06 – 20:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 00:14

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:27 – 19:21
Yamaganda11:44 – 13:38
Gulika Kāla15:32 – 17:27
Varjyam04:45 – 05:09
Dur Muhūrta 07:40 – 08:10

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:07 – 06:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:01 – 07:55 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha07:55 – 09:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta09:50 – 11:44 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:44 – 13:38 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:38 – 15:32 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:32 – 17:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:27 – 19:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:21 – 20:27 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:27 – 21:32 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:32 – 22:38 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:38 – 23:44 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:44 – 00:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta00:50 – 01:55 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla01:55 – 03:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:01 – 04:07 (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 Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869086.27
Julian Day2457551.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0827°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)85.21°
🪷 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 (24.0827°), declination 23.17°, EoT 0.42 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: 2016-06-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)