पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · July 11, 2018 CE

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

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.46 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
तपस्विभ्योऽधिको योगी ज्ञानिभ्योऽपि मतोऽधिकः।

कर्मिभ्यश्चाधिको योगी तस्माद्योगी भवार्जुन।।6.46।।
"6.46 The wise man is superior to the ascetic and to the scholar and to the man of action; therefore be thou a wise man, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.46'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 Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya84.61°MithunaPunarvasu P2
चन्द्र Candra55.26°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala283.60°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha110.81°KarkaAśleṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.11°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra126.69°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शनि Śani250.65°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:17 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:22 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:17 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:27 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 04 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 55 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:16 – 03:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:02 – 04:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:20
Godhūli Muhūrta19:10 – 19:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:22 – 19:59
Amṛta Kāla19:07 – 20:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:49 – 13:42
Yamaganda06:10 – 08:03
Gulika Kāla09:56 – 11:49
Varjyam04:55 – 05:19
Dur Muhūrta 07:48 – 08:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:17 – 06:10 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:10 – 08:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:03 – 09:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha09:56 – 11:49 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:49 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:42 – 15:36 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:36 – 17:29 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:29 – 19:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:22 – 20:29 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:29 – 21:36 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:36 – 22:42 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:42 – 23:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:49 – 00:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha00:56 – 02:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:03 – 03:10 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:10 – 04:17 (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 Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869845.27
Julian Day2458310.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1118°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)331.73°
🪷 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 (24.1118°), declination 22.13°, EoT -5.11 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: 2018-07-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)