पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · November 11, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.37 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान्।

स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव।।1.37।।
"1.37 We are worthy of a nobler feat than to slaughter our relatives - the sons of Dhritarashtra; for, my Lord, how can we be happy of we kill our kinsmen?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya204.73°TulāViśākhā P2
चन्द्र Candra117.08°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala167.77°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha223.19°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati192.48°TulāSvātī P2
शुक्र Śukra190.15°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani241.34°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:30 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:27 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:29 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:40 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:36 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 56 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 03 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:11 – 05:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:41 – 06:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:09 – 11:49
Vijaya Muhūrta13:08 – 13:48
Godhūli Muhūrta16:15 – 16:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:27 – 16:52
Amṛta Kāla16:12 – 17:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:09 – 23:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:59 – 10:14
Yamaganda12:43 – 13:58
Gulika Kāla06:30 – 07:45
Varjyam06:55 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta 08:49 – 09:09

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
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):
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 · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:30 – 07:45 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:45 – 08:59 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:59 – 10:14 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:14 – 11:29 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:29 – 12:43 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:43 – 13:58 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta13:58 – 15:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:12 – 16:27 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:27 – 18:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:12 – 19:58 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla19:58 – 21:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:43 – 23:29 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:29 – 01:14 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:14 – 02:59 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:59 – 04:45 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:45 – 06:30 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869603.27
Julian Day2458068.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1025°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)269.59°
🪷 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 (24.1025°), declination -17.42°, EoT 15.59 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: 2017-11-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)