पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · November 19, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.45 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम्।

यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः।।1.45।।
"1.45 Alas, it is strange that we should be willing to kill our own countrymen and commit a great sin, in order to enjoy the pleasures of a kingdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.45's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya212.79°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
चन्द्र Candra218.95°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala172.81°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha233.91°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati194.20°TulāSvātī P3
शुक्र Śukra200.18°TulāViśākhā P1
शनि Śani242.18°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:40 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:20 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:30 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:12 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:38 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 39 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 20 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:23 – 06:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:52 – 06:40
Abhijit Muhūrta11:11 – 11:50
Vijaya Muhūrta13:07 – 13:46
Godhūli Muhūrta16:08 – 16:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:20 – 16:44
Amṛta Kāla16:05 – 17:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:11 – 23:50

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:08 – 16:20
Yamaganda11:30 – 12:43
Gulika Kāla13:55 – 15:08
Varjyam07:05 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:40 – 07:53 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:53 – 09:05 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:05 – 10:18 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:18 – 11:30 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:30 – 12:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:43 – 13:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga13:55 – 15:08 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:08 – 16:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:20 – 18:08 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:08 – 19:55 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg19:55 – 21:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:43 – 23:30 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:30 – 01:18 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:18 – 03:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:05 – 04:53 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:53 – 06:40 (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 Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869611.27
Julian Day2458076.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1028°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)7.99°
🪷 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 (24.1028°), declination -19.46°, EoT 13.96 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: 2017-11-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)