पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · March 9, 2018 CE

Also observed today

कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति · Kumbha SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 3.36 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga

अर्जुन उवाच

अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः।

अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः।।3.36।।

"3.36 Arjuna asked: My Lord! Tell me, what is it that drives a man to sin, even against his will and as if by compulsion?" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 3.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1425

Malayalam Era: 1194

Nanakshahi: 549

Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Jyeṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	324.31°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra	229.69°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	240.60°	Dhanu	Mūla P1
बुध Budha	340.20°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	208.92°	Tulā	Viśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra	338.23°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani	253.62°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:08 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:43 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:56 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	01:02 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	10:12 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 35 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 24 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:35 – 05:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:10 – 06:08
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:32 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:51 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:31 – 17:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:43 – 18:12
Amṛta Kāla	17:28 – 19:13
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:32 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:29 – 11:56
Yamaganda	14:49 – 16:16
Gulika Kāla	07:35 – 09:02
Varjyam	06:37 – 06:55
Dur Muhūrta	08:50 – 09:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: North-East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 Chala	06:08 – 07:35 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	07:35 – 09:02 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	09:02 – 10:29 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:29 – 11:56 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	11:56 – 13:22 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:22 – 14:49 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	14:49 – 16:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	16:16 – 17:43 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	17:43 – 19:16 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	19:16 – 20:49 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	20:49 – 22:22 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:22 – 23:56 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	23:56 – 01:29 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:29 – 03:02 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	03:02 – 04:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	04:35 – 06:08 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 42.3601°

Longitude: -71.0589°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

-3137-10-20 — Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869721.27
Julian Day	2458186.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1070°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	264.28°

🪷 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 (24.1070°), declination -4.58°, EoT -11.28 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: 2018-03-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)