पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · August 26, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.16 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन।

आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ।।7.16।।
"7.16 O Arjuna! The righteous who worship Me are grouped by stages: first, they who suffer, next they who desire knowledge, then they who thirst after truth, and lastly they who attain wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya129.16°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra50.73°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala226.47°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
बुध Budha153.99°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati152.30°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra150.74°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani225.63°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:03 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:29 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:46 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:59 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:05 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 25 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 34 Mins 16 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:15 – 04:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:56 – 05:03
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:54
Godhūli Muhūrta18:17 – 18:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:29 – 19:02
Amṛta Kāla18:14 – 19:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 00:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:05 – 11:46
Yamaganda15:07 – 16:48
Gulika Kāla06:44 – 08:24
Varjyam05:36 – 05:58
Dur Muhūrta 08:11 – 08:38

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:03 – 06:44 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:44 – 08:24 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:24 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:05 – 11:46 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:46 – 13:26 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:26 – 15:07 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:07 – 16:48 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:48 – 18:29 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:29 – 19:48 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:48 – 21:07 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:07 – 22:26 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:26 – 23:46 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:46 – 01:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:05 – 02:24 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:24 – 03:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:44 – 05:03 (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 Kṛṣṇa Navamī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869161.27
Julian Day2457626.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0856°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)280.50°
🪷 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 (24.0856°), declination 10.31°, EoT -1.42 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: 2016-08-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)