पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · July 7, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.42 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम्।

एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम्।।6.42।।
"6.42 Or, he may be born in the family of the wise sages, though a birth like this is, indeed, very difficult to obtain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.42'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 Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya80.80°MithunaPunarvasu P1
चन्द्र Candra359.39°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala284.20°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha106.37°KarkaPuṣya P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.13°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra122.20°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शनि Śani250.93°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:14 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:23 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:46 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:00 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 09 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 50 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:13 – 03:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā02:58 – 04:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta19:11 – 19:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:23 – 20:01
Amṛta Kāla19:08 – 20:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:01 – 09:55
Yamaganda13:42 – 15:36
Gulika Kāla04:14 – 06:08
Varjyam04:52 – 05:16
Dur Muhūrta 07:46 – 08:17

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:14 – 06:08 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:08 – 08:01 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:01 – 09:55 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg09:55 – 11:49 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:49 – 13:42 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:42 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:36 – 17:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:30 – 19:23 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:23 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:30 – 21:36 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:36 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:42 – 23:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:49 – 00:55 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg00:55 – 02:01 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:01 – 03:08 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:08 – 04:14 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Navamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869841.27
Julian Day2458306.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1116°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)282.13°
🪷 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 (24.1116°), declination 22.60°, EoT -4.52 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: 2018-07-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)