पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · September 23, 2016 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.14 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अनन्यचेताः सततं यो मां स्मरति नित्यशः।

तस्याहं सुलभः पार्थ नित्ययुक्तस्य योगिनः।।8.14।।
"8.14 To him who thinks constantly of Me, and of nothing else, to such an ever-faithful devotee, O Arjuna, am I ever accessible." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya156.36°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra61.52°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala242.98°DhanuMūla P1
बुध Budha140.67°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati158.26°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra184.98°TulāCitrā P4
शनि Śani226.80°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:32 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:40 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:36 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:40 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:53 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 07 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 52 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:55 – 04:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:31 – 05:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:12 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:26
Godhūli Muhūrta17:28 – 17:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:40 – 18:10
Amṛta Kāla17:25 – 19:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:12 – 00:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:05 – 11:36
Yamaganda14:38 – 16:09
Gulika Kāla07:03 – 08:34
Varjyam06:02 – 06:22
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:46

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:32 – 07:03 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:03 – 08:34 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:34 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:05 – 11:36 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:36 – 13:07 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:07 – 14:38 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:38 – 16:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:09 – 17:40 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:40 – 19:09 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:09 – 20:38 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:38 – 22:07 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:07 – 23:36 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:36 – 01:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:05 – 02:34 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:34 – 04:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:03 – 05:32 (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 Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869189.27 · 5117.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457654.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0867° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)262.40° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 22/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.0867°) · declination -0.18° · EoT 8.44 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2016-09-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)