पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · July 10, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.16 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः।

न चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन।।6.16।।
"6.16 Meditation is not for him who eats too much, not for him who eats not at all; not for him who is overmuch addicted to sleep, not for him who is always awake." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.16'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 Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya84.15°MithunaPunarvasu P2
चन्द्र Candra152.01°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala209.52°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha87.38°MithunaPunarvasu P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati143.67°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra93.02°KarkaPunarvasu P4
शनि Śani226.42°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:17 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:22 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:12 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:29 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 05 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 54 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:16 – 03:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:01 – 04:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:20
Godhūli Muhūrta19:10 – 19:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:22 – 20:00
Amṛta Kāla19:07 – 20:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:29 – 19:22
Yamaganda11:49 – 13:42
Gulika Kāla15:36 – 17:29
Varjyam04:54 – 05:18
Dur Muhūrta 07:48 – 08:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:17 – 06:10 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:10 – 08:03 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:03 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta09:56 – 11:49 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:49 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:42 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:36 – 17:29 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:29 – 19:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:22 – 20:29 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:29 – 21:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:36 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:42 – 23:49 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:49 – 00:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta00:56 – 02:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:03 – 03:10 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:10 – 04:17 (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 Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869114.27
Julian Day2457579.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0838°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)68.45°
🪷 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 (24.0838°), declination 22.20°, EoT -4.97 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: 2016-07-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)