पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · November 4, 2017 CE

Also observed today

तुला सङ्क्रान्ति · Tulā SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 1.30 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga

गाण्डीवं स्रंसते हस्तात्त्वक्चैव परिदह्यते।

न च शक्नोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः।।1.30।।

"1.30 The bow Gandeeva slips from my hand, and my skin burns. I cannot keep quiet, for my mind is in tumult." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 1.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1424

Malayalam Era: 1193

Nanakshahi: 548

Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	197.71°	Tulā	Svātī P4
चन्द्र Candra	15.25°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	163.35°	Kanyā	Hasta P2
बुध Budha	213.04°	Vṛścika	Viśākhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	190.95°	Tulā	Svātī P2
शुक्र Śukra	181.38°	Tulā	Citrā P3
शनि Śani	240.64°	Dhanu	Mūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:21 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:35 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:28 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	16:20 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	06:16 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 13 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 46 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:59 – 05:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:30 – 06:21
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:07 – 11:48
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:10 – 13:51
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:23 – 16:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:35 – 17:00
Amṛta Kāla	16:20 – 18:05
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:07 – 23:48

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	08:55 – 10:11
Yamaganda	12:45 – 14:01
Gulika Kāla	06:21 – 07:38
Varjyam	06:47 – 07:03
Dur Muhūrta	08:44 – 09:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	06:21 – 07:38 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	07:38 – 08:55 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	08:55 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	10:11 – 11:28 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	11:28 – 12:45 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	12:45 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	14:01 – 15:18 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	15:18 – 16:35 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	16:35 – 18:18 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	18:18 – 20:01 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	20:01 – 21:45 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	21:45 – 23:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	23:28 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	01:11 – 02:55 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	02:55 – 04:38 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	04:38 – 06:21 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 42.3601°

Longitude: -71.0589°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-3101-02-18 — Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869596.27
Julian Day	2458061.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1022°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	176.29°

🪷 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 (24.1022°), declination -15.38°, EoT 16.33 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: 2017-11-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)