पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · September 24, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.67 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
इदं ते नातपस्काय नाभक्ताय कदाचन।न चाशुश्रूषवे वाच्यं न च मां योऽभ्यसूयति।।18.67।।
"18.67 Speak not this to one who has not practised austerities, or to him who does not love, or who will not listen, or who mocks." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.67's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya157.09°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra202.19°TulāViśākhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala137.46°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha144.83°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati182.11°TulāCitrā P3
शुक्र Śukra130.55°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शनि Śani237.63°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:33 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:38 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:35 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:36 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:36 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 05 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 54 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:56 – 04:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:32 – 05:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:11 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:25
Godhūli Muhūrta17:26 – 17:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:38 – 18:08
Amṛta Kāla17:23 – 19:08
Niśīta Muhūrta23:11 – 00:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:08 – 17:38
Yamaganda11:35 – 13:06
Gulika Kāla14:37 – 16:08
Varjyam06:03 – 06:22
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:33 – 07:03 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:03 – 08:34 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:34 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:05 – 11:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:35 – 13:06 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:06 – 14:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:37 – 16:08 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:08 – 17:38 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:38 – 19:08 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:08 – 20:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:37 – 22:06 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:06 – 23:35 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:35 – 01:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:05 – 02:34 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:34 – 04:03 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:03 – 05:33 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturthī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869555.27
Julian Day2458020.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1007°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)47.43°
🪷 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 (24.1007°), declination -0.47°, EoT 8.79 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: 2017-09-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)