पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · August 1, 2016 CE

Also observed today

मासिक शिवरात्रि · Māsika ŚivarātriShaiva

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 6.38 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga

कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति।

अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि।।6.38।।

"6.38 Having failed in both, my Lord, is he without hope, like a riven cloud having no support, lost on the spiritual road?" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 6.38'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 Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	105.15°	Karka	Puṣya P4
चन्द्र Candra	82.07°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	215.15°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P1
बुध Budha	127.64°	Siṃha	Maghā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	147.39°	Siṃha	Uttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra	120.06°	Siṃha	Maghā P1
शनि Śani	225.63°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:37 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:04 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:50 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	02:46 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	17:50 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 27 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 32 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:41 – 03:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:24 – 04:37
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:21 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:15 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:52 – 19:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:04 – 19:40
Amṛta Kāla	18:49 – 20:34
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:21 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	06:25 – 08:13
Yamaganda	10:02 – 11:50
Gulika Kāla	13:39 – 15:27
Varjyam	05:13 – 05:36
Dur Muhūrta	07:59 – 08:28

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)

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 · 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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	04:37 – 06:25 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	06:25 – 08:13 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	08:13 – 10:02 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:02 – 11:50 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	11:50 – 13:39 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:39 – 15:27 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	15:27 – 17:16 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	17:16 – 19:04 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	19:04 – 20:16 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	20:16 – 21:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	21:27 – 22:39 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:39 – 23:50 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	23:50 – 01:02 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:02 – 02:13 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	02:13 – 03:25 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	03:25 – 04:37 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 42.3601°

Longitude: -71.0589°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869136.27
Julian Day	2457601.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0846°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	338.33°

🪷 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 17.94°, EoT -6.02 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: 2016-08-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)