पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · May 19, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.22 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते।

आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः।।5.22।।
"5.22 The joys that spring from external associations bring pain; they have their beginning and their endings. The wise man does not rejoice in them." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya33.93°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
चन्द्र Candra82.50°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala276.73°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha14.45°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati202.83°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra65.04°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani254.16°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:19 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:02 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:23 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:27 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 42 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 17 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:21 – 03:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:06 – 04:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:11 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:50 – 19:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:02 – 19:39
Amṛta Kāla18:47 – 20:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:11 – 00:10

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:00 – 09:50
Yamaganda13:31 – 15:21
Gulika Kāla04:19 – 06:10
Varjyam04:56 – 05:20
Dur Muhūrta 07:45 – 08:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:19 – 06:10 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:10 – 08:00 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:00 – 09:50 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg09:50 – 11:41 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:41 – 13:31 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:31 – 15:21 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:21 – 17:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:12 – 19:02 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:02 – 20:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:12 – 21:21 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:21 – 22:31 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:31 – 23:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:41 – 00:50 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg00:50 – 02:00 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:00 – 03:10 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:10 – 04:19 (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 Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869792.27
Julian Day2458257.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1097°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)45.99°
🪷 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 (24.1097°), declination 19.72°, EoT 3.65 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: 2018-05-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)