पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 14, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.34 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
मृत्युः सर्वहरश्चाहमुद्भवश्च भविष्यताम्।

कीर्तिः श्रीर्वाक्च नारीणां स्मृतिर्मेधा धृतिः क्षमा।।10.34।।
"10.34 I am all-devouring Death; I am the Origin of all that shall happen; I am Fame, Fortune, Speech, Memory, Intellect, Constancy and Forgiveness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya238.39°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra58.82°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala301.63°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha258.67°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati174.27°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra283.10°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani235.00°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:06 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:13 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:40 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:05 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:17 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 06 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 53 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:54 – 06:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:21 – 07:06
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 11:58
Vijaya Muhūrta13:11 – 13:47
Godhūli Muhūrta16:01 – 16:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:13 – 16:36
Amṛta Kāla15:58 – 17:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 23:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:40 – 12:48
Yamaganda08:15 – 09:23
Gulika Kāla10:31 – 11:40
Varjyam07:29 – 07:44
Dur Muhūrta 09:14 – 09:32

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:06 – 08:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:15 – 09:23 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:23 – 10:31 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:31 – 11:40 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:40 – 12:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:48 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala13:56 – 15:04 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:04 – 16:13 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:13 – 18:04 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:04 – 19:56 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha19:56 – 21:48 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:48 – 23:40 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:40 – 01:31 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:31 – 03:23 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:23 – 05:15 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:15 – 07:06 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 42.3601°
Longitude: -71.0589°
Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869271.27
Julian Day2457736.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0898°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)181.13°
🪷 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 (24.0898°), declination -23.22°, EoT 4.64 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: 2016-12-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)