पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · July 7, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.13 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः।

संप्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन्।।6.13।।
"6.13 Let him hold body, head and neck erect, motionless and steady; let him look fixedly at the tip of his nose, turning neither to the right nor to the left." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.13'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 Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya81.29°MithunaPunarvasu P1
चन्द्र Candra114.09°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala209.17°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha80.92°MithunaPunarvasu P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati143.22°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra89.33°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani226.57°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:14 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:23 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:58 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:01 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 08 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 51 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:13 – 03:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā02:59 – 04:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta19:11 – 19:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:23 – 20:01
Amṛta Kāla19:08 – 20:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:42 – 15:36
Yamaganda04:14 – 06:08
Gulika Kāla08:02 – 09:55
Varjyam04:52 – 05:17
Dur Muhūrta 07:46 – 08:17

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 Śubha04:14 – 06:08 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:08 – 08:02 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:02 – 09:55 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala09:55 – 11:49 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:49 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:42 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:36 – 17:29 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:29 – 19:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:23 – 20:29 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:29 – 21:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:36 – 22:42 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:42 – 23:49 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:49 – 00:55 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala00:55 – 02:02 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:02 – 03:08 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:08 – 04:14 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 42.3601°
Longitude: -71.0589°
Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869111.27
Julian Day2457576.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0837°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)33.94°
🪷 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 (24.0837°), declination 22.55°, EoT -4.52 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: 2016-07-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)