पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · July 28, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.9 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कार्यमित्येव यत्कर्म नियतं क्रियतेऽर्जुन।सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलं चैव स त्यागः सात्त्विको मतः।।18.9।।
"18.9 He who performs an obligatory action, because he believes it to be a duty which ought to be done, without any personal desire to do the act or to receive any return - such renunciation is Pure." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya101.08°KarkaPuṣya P3
चन्द्र Candra160.94°KanyāHasta P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala100.52°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha127.97°SiṃhaMaghā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati172.03°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra61.53°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
शनि Śani237.56°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:32 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:09 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:54 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:46 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 36 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 23 Mins 47 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:35 – 03:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:19 – 04:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta18:57 – 19:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:09 – 19:45
Amṛta Kāla18:54 – 20:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:01 – 11:50
Yamaganda15:29 – 17:19
Gulika Kāla06:22 – 08:11
Varjyam05:09 – 05:32
Dur Muhūrta 07:57 – 08:26

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:32 – 06:22 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:22 – 08:11 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:11 – 10:01 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:01 – 11:50 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:50 – 13:40 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:40 – 15:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:29 – 17:19 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:19 – 19:09 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:09 – 20:19 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:19 – 21:29 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:29 – 22:40 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:40 – 23:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:50 – 01:01 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:01 – 02:11 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:11 – 03:22 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:22 – 04:32 (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

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869497.27
Julian Day2457962.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0985°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)59.33°
🪷 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 (24.0985°), declination 18.97°, EoT -6.17 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: 2017-07-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)