पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · March 21, 2018 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: विनायक चतुर्थी — Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)
Monthly Śukla-pakṣa Caturthī; auspicious for new ventures.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.5 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन।

तान्यहं वेद सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परन्तप।।4.5।।
"4.5 Lord Shri Krishna replied: I have been born again and again, from time to time; thou too,O Arjuna! My births are known to Me, but thou knowest not thine." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya336.27°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra19.42°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala247.53°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha352.42°MīnaRevatī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.70°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra353.12°MīnaRevatī P2
शनि Śani254.26°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:47 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:57 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:41 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:48 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 10 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 49 Mins 53 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:10 – 04:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:46 – 05:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta17:45 – 18:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:57 – 18:28
Amṛta Kāla17:42 – 19:27
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:52 – 13:23
Yamaganda07:18 – 08:50
Gulika Kāla10:21 – 11:52
Varjyam06:17 – 06:37
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 09:02

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:47 – 07:18 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:18 – 08:50 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:50 – 10:21 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:21 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:52 – 13:23 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:23 – 14:55 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:55 – 16:26 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:26 – 17:57 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:57 – 19:26 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:26 – 20:55 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:55 – 22:23 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:23 – 23:52 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:52 – 01:21 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:21 – 02:50 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:50 – 04:18 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:18 – 05:47 (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 Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5119 · Kali-5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869733.27 · 5119.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458198.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1075° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)43.19° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.1075°) · declination 0.15° · EoT -7.84 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2018-03-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)