पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · September 27, 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 18.70 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अध्येष्यते च य इमं धर्म्यं संवादमावयोः।ज्ञानयज्ञेन तेनाहमिष्टः स्यामिति मे मतिः।।18.70।।
"18.70 He who will study this spiritual discourse of ours, I assure thee, he shall thereby worship Me at the altar of Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.70'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 Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya160.03°KanyāHasta P1
चन्द्र Candra238.30°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala139.36°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha150.22°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati182.74°TulāCitrā P3
शुक्र Śukra134.23°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani237.77°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:36 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:33 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:16 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:19 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 57 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:00 – 04:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:36 – 05:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:10 – 11:58
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:22
Godhūli Muhūrta17:21 – 17:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:33 – 18:03
Amṛta Kāla17:18 – 19:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:10 – 23:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:34 – 13:04
Yamaganda07:06 – 08:35
Gulika Kāla10:05 – 11:34
Varjyam06:06 – 06:25
Dur Muhūrta 08:23 – 08:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (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 · 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 Labha05:36 – 07:06 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:06 – 08:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:35 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:05 – 11:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:34 – 13:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:04 – 14:34 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:34 – 16:03 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:03 – 17:33 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:33 – 19:03 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:03 – 20:34 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:34 – 22:04 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:04 – 23:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:34 – 01:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:05 – 02:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:35 – 04:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:06 – 05:36 (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-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869558.27
Julian Day2458023.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1008°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)80.13°
🪷 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 -1.64°, EoT 9.84 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: 2017-09-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)