पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · May 19, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.11 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
यतन्तो योगिनश्चैनं पश्यन्त्यात्मन्यवस्थितम्।यतन्तोऽप्यकृतात्मानो नैनं पश्यन्त्यचेतसः।।15.11।।
"15.11 The saints with great effort find Him within themselves; but not the unintelligent, who in spite of every effort cannot control their minds." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya34.18°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
चन्द्र Candra304.51°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala54.53°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
बुध Budha8.21°MeṣaAśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati169.40°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra349.08°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani242.14°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:19 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:02 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:23 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:01 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 43 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 16 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:21 – 03:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:05 – 04:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:11 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:50 – 19:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:02 – 19:39
Amṛta Kāla18:47 – 20:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:11 – 00:10

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:50 – 11:41
Yamaganda15:21 – 17:12
Gulika Kāla06:09 – 08:00
Varjyam04:56 – 05:19
Dur Muhūrta 07:45 – 08:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:19 – 06:09 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:09 – 08:00 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:00 – 09:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla09:50 – 11:41 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:41 – 13:31 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:31 – 15:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:21 – 17:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:12 – 19:02 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:02 – 20:12 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:12 – 21:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:21 – 22:31 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:31 – 23:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:41 – 00:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla00:50 – 02:00 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:00 – 03:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:09 – 04:19 (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 Aṣṭamī + Śatabhiṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869427.27
Julian Day2457892.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0958°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)273.90°
🪷 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 (24.0958°), declination 19.77°, EoT 3.65 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: 2017-05-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)