पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · May 5, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.24 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः।तुल्यप्रियाप्रियो धीरस्तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः।।14.24।।
"14.24 Who accepts pain and pleasure as it comes, is centred in his Self, to whom a piece of clay or stone or gold are the same, who neither likes nor dislikes, who is steadfast, indifferent alike to praise or censure;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya20.66°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra134.05°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala45.03°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha0.01°MeṣaAśvinī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati170.53°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra339.04°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani242.87°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:34 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:47 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:40 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:49 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 13 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 46 Mins 50 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:41 – 03:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:23 – 04:34
Abhijit Muhūrta11:12 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta14:03 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta18:35 – 18:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:47 – 19:23
Amṛta Kāla18:32 – 20:17
Niśīta Muhūrta23:12 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:54 – 11:41
Yamaganda15:14 – 17:01
Gulika Kāla06:21 – 08:08
Varjyam05:10 – 05:33
Dur Muhūrta 07:53 – 08:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:34 – 06:21 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:21 – 08:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:08 – 09:54 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla09:54 – 11:41 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:41 – 13:28 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:28 – 15:14 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:14 – 17:01 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:01 – 18:47 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:47 – 20:01 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:01 – 21:14 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:14 – 22:28 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:28 – 23:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:41 – 00:54 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla00:54 – 02:08 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:08 – 03:21 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:21 – 04:34 (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

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869413.27
Julian Day2457878.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0952°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)111.06°
🪷 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 (24.0952°), declination 16.26°, EoT 3.35 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: 2017-05-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)