पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · June 17, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.22 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते।

आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः।।5.22।।
"5.22 The joys that spring from external associations bring pain; they have their beginning and their endings. The wise man does not rejoice in them." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya62.21°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
चन्द्र Candra203.55°TulāViśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala209.96°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha41.44°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati140.66°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra64.75°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani227.84°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:07 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:23 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:12 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:09 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 16 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 43 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:04 – 03:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā02:50 – 04:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta19:11 – 19:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:23 – 20:01
Amṛta Kāla19:08 – 20:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 00:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:50 – 11:45
Yamaganda15:34 – 17:29
Gulika Kāla06:01 – 07:56
Varjyam04:45 – 05:09
Dur Muhūrta 07:40 – 08:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:07 – 06:01 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:01 – 07:56 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta07:56 – 09:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla09:50 – 11:45 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:45 – 13:39 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:39 – 15:34 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:34 – 17:29 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:29 – 19:23 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:23 – 20:29 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:29 – 21:34 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:34 – 22:39 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:39 – 23:45 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:45 – 00:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla00:50 – 01:56 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha01:56 – 03:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:01 – 04:07 (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 Śukla Dvādaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869091.27
Julian Day2457556.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0829°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)140.17°
🪷 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 (24.0829°), declination 23.38°, EoT -0.61 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: 2016-06-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)