पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · August 2, 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 18.14 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम्।विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम्।।18.14।।
"18.14 They are a body, a personality, physical organs, their manifold activity and destiny." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.14'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 Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya105.86°KarkaPuṣya P4
चन्द्र Candra222.35°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala103.73°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha132.63°SiṃhaMaghā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati172.70°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra67.29°MithunaĀrdrā P1
शनि Śani237.36°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:37 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:03 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:56 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:16 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 25 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 34 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:42 – 03:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:25 – 04:37
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta18:51 – 19:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:03 – 19:39
Amṛta Kāla18:48 – 20:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:50 – 13:38
Yamaganda06:26 – 08:14
Gulika Kāla10:02 – 11:50
Varjyam05:13 – 05:36
Dur Muhūrta 07:59 – 08:28

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:37 – 06:26 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:26 – 08:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:14 – 10:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:02 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:50 – 13:38 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:38 – 15:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:27 – 17:15 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:15 – 19:03 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:03 – 20:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:15 – 21:27 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:27 – 22:38 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:38 – 23:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:50 – 01:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:02 – 02:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:14 – 03:26 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:26 – 04:37 (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 Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869502.27
Julian Day2457967.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0986°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)114.90°
🪷 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 (24.0986°), declination 17.75°, EoT -5.95 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: 2017-08-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)