पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · August 5, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.17 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यस्य नाहंकृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते।हत्वापि स इमाँल्लोकान्न हन्ति न निबध्यते।।18.17।।
"18.17 He who has no pride, and whose intellect is unalloyed by attachment, even though he kill these people, yet he does not kill them, and his act does not bind him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.17'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 Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya108.73°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra258.00°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala105.65°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha134.78°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati173.12°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra70.77°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शनि Śani237.26°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:40 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:59 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:14 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:20 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 19 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 41 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:46 – 03:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:29 – 04:40
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta18:47 – 19:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:59 – 19:35
Amṛta Kāla18:44 – 20:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:15 – 10:03
Yamaganda13:37 – 15:25
Gulika Kāla04:40 – 06:28
Varjyam05:16 – 05:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:01 – 08:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:40 – 06:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:28 – 08:15 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:15 – 10:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:03 – 11:50 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:50 – 13:37 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:37 – 15:25 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:25 – 17:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:12 – 18:59 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:59 – 20:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:12 – 21:25 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:25 – 22:37 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:37 – 23:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:50 – 01:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:03 – 02:15 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:15 – 03:28 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:28 – 04:40 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869505.27
Julian Day2457970.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0988°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)148.19°
🪷 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 (24.0988°), declination 16.96°, EoT -5.70 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: 2017-08-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)