पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · July 31, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.37 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

अयतिः श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानसः।

अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति।।6.37।।
"6.37 Arjuna asked: He who fails to control himself, whose mind falls from spiritual contemplation, who attains not perfection but retains his faith, what of him, my Lord?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya104.19°KarkaPuṣya P4
चन्द्र Candra68.14°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala214.79°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha126.11°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati147.20°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra118.83°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani225.65°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:36 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:05 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:49 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:03 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 29 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 30 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:40 – 03:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:23 – 04:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta18:53 – 19:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:05 – 19:41
Amṛta Kāla18:50 – 20:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:16 – 19:05
Yamaganda11:50 – 13:39
Gulika Kāla15:28 – 17:16
Varjyam05:12 – 05:35
Dur Muhūrta 07:58 – 08:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:36 – 06:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:24 – 08:13 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:13 – 10:02 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:02 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:50 – 13:39 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:39 – 15:28 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:28 – 17:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:16 – 19:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:05 – 20:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:16 – 21:28 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:28 – 22:39 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:39 – 23:50 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:50 – 01:02 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:02 – 02:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:13 – 03:24 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:24 – 04:36 (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)1869135.27
Julian Day2457600.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0846°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)325.17°
🪷 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 (24.0846°), declination 18.19°, EoT -6.07 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: 2016-07-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)