पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · July 3, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.38 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति।

अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि।।6.38।।
"6.38 Having failed in both, my Lord, is he without hope, like a riven cloud having no support, lost on the spiritual road?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.38'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 Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya76.98°MithunaĀrdrā P4
चन्द्र Candra309.60°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala284.61°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha101.23°KarkaPuṣya P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.19°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra117.68°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani251.22°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:12 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:24 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:53 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:44 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 12 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 47 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:10 – 03:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā02:56 – 04:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta19:12 – 19:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:24 – 20:02
Amṛta Kāla19:09 – 20:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:36 – 17:30
Yamaganda08:00 – 09:54
Gulika Kāla11:48 – 13:42
Varjyam04:50 – 05:14
Dur Muhūrta 07:45 – 08:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (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 · 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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga04:12 – 06:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:06 – 08:00 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:00 – 09:54 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha09:54 – 11:48 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:48 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:42 – 15:36 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:36 – 17:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:30 – 19:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:24 – 20:30 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:30 – 21:36 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:36 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:42 – 23:48 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:48 – 00:54 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha00:54 – 02:00 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:00 – 03:06 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:06 – 04:12 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869837.27
Julian Day2458302.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1115°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)236.69°
🪷 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 (24.1115°), declination 22.97°, EoT -3.84 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: 2018-07-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)