पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · September 26, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.69 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न च तस्मान्मनुष्येषु कश्िचन्मे प्रियकृत्तमः।भविता न च मे तस्मादन्यः प्रियतरो भुवि।।18.69।।
"18.69 Nor is there among men any who can perform a service dearer to Me than this, or any man on earth more beloved by Me than he." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.69'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 Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya159.05°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra226.42°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala138.73°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha148.41°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati182.53°TulāCitrā P3
शुक्र Śukra133.01°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शनि Śani237.72°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:35 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:35 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:35 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:27 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:41 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 59 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 00 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:59 – 04:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:35 – 05:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:11 – 11:59
Vijaya Muhūrta13:35 – 14:23
Godhūli Muhūrta17:23 – 17:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:35 – 18:05
Amṛta Kāla17:20 – 19:05
Niśīta Muhūrta23:11 – 23:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:35 – 16:05
Yamaganda08:35 – 10:05
Gulika Kāla11:35 – 13:05
Varjyam06:05 – 06:24
Dur Muhūrta 08:23 – 08:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
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 · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:35 – 07:05 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:05 – 08:35 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:35 – 10:05 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:05 – 11:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:35 – 13:05 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:05 – 14:35 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:35 – 16:05 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:05 – 17:35 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:35 – 19:05 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:05 – 20:35 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:35 – 22:05 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:05 – 23:35 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:35 – 01:05 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:05 – 02:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:35 – 04:05 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:05 – 05:35 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869557.27
Julian Day2458022.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1008°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)69.44°
🪷 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 (24.1008°), declination -1.25°, EoT 9.50 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: 2017-09-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)