पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · August 7, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: रक्षा बन्धन — Rakṣā Bandhana / Śrāvaṇa Pūrṇimā
Sister-brother bond; Brāhmaṇa Upākarma.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.19 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञानं कर्म च कर्ता च त्रिधैव गुणभेदतः।प्रोच्यते गुणसंख्याने यथावच्छृणु तान्यपि।।18.19।।
"18.19 The knowledge, the act and the doer differ according to the Qualities. Listen to this too:" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.19'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 Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya110.65°KarkaAśleṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra282.31°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala106.93°KarkaAśleṣā P1
बुध Budha135.90°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati173.41°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra73.09°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शनि Śani237.20°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:43 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:57 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:25 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:08 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 14 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 45 Mins 36 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:49 – 03:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:31 – 04:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:45 – 19:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:57 – 19:33
Amṛta Kāla18:42 – 20:27
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:29 – 08:16
Yamaganda10:03 – 11:50
Gulika Kāla13:37 – 15:23
Varjyam05:18 – 05:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:02 – 08:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:43 – 06:29 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:29 – 08:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:16 – 10:03 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:03 – 11:50 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:50 – 13:37 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:37 – 15:23 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:23 – 17:10 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:10 – 18:57 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:57 – 20:10 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:10 – 21:23 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:23 – 22:37 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:37 – 23:50 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:50 – 01:03 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:03 – 02:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:16 – 03:29 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:29 – 04:43 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Śravaṇa alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869507.27
Julian Day2457972.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0988°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)171.35°
🪷 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 16.41°, EoT -5.48 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: 2017-08-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)