पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · July 2, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.37 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

अयतिः श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानसः।

अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति।।6.37।।
"6.37 Arjuna asked: He who fails to control himself, whose mind falls from spiritual contemplation, who attains not perfection but retains his faith, what of him, my Lord?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya76.03°MithunaĀrdrā P3
चन्द्र Candra297.73°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala284.68°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha99.84°KarkaPuṣya P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.22°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra116.54°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शनि Śani251.30°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:11 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:25 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:25 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:45 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 13 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 46 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:09 – 03:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā02:55 – 04:11
Abhijit Muhūrta11:17 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta19:13 – 19:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:25 – 20:03
Amṛta Kāla19:10 – 20:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:17 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:05 – 08:00
Yamaganda09:54 – 11:48
Gulika Kāla13:42 – 15:36
Varjyam04:49 – 05:14
Dur Muhūrta 07:44 – 08:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:11 – 06:05 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:05 – 08:00 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:00 – 09:54 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga09:54 – 11:48 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:48 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:42 – 15:36 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:36 – 17:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:30 – 19:25 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:25 – 20:30 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:30 – 21:36 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:36 – 22:42 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:42 – 23:48 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:48 – 00:54 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga00:54 – 02:00 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:00 – 03:05 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:05 – 04:11 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 42.3601°
Longitude: -71.0589°
Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869836.27
Julian Day2458301.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1114°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)225.44°
🪷 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 (24.1114°), declination 23.05°, EoT -3.66 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: 2018-07-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)