पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · May 23, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.26 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम्।

अभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वर्तते विदितात्मनाम्।।5.26।।
"5.26 Saints who know their Selves, who control their minds, and feel neither desire nor anger, find Eternal Bliss everywhere." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.26'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 Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya37.78°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
चन्द्र Candra139.07°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala278.18°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha21.66°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati202.34°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra69.82°MithunaĀrdrā P1
शनि Śani253.97°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:16 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:06 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:59 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:53 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 50 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 09 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:17 – 03:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:02 – 04:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:11 – 12:11
Vijaya Muhūrta14:09 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:54 – 19:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:06 – 19:43
Amṛta Kāla18:51 – 20:36
Niśīta Muhūrta23:11 – 00:11

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:41 – 13:32
Yamaganda06:07 – 07:58
Gulika Kāla09:50 – 11:41
Varjyam04:53 – 05:17
Dur Muhūrta 07:43 – 08:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik 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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:16 – 06:07 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:07 – 07:58 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla07:58 – 09:50 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha09:50 – 11:41 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:41 – 13:32 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:32 – 15:23 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:23 – 17:15 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:15 – 19:06 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:06 – 20:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:15 – 21:23 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:23 – 22:32 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:32 – 23:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:41 – 00:50 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha00:50 – 01:58 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga01:58 – 03:07 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:07 – 04:16 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Pūrva Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869796.27
Julian Day2458261.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1099°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)99.52°
🪷 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 (24.1099°), declination 20.54°, EoT 3.40 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: 2018-05-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)