पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · July 12, 2018 CE

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

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.47 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
योगिनामपि सर्वेषां मद्गतेनान्तरात्मना।

श्रद्धावान्भजते यो मां स मे युक्ततमो मतः।।6.47।।
"6.47 I look upon him as the best of mystics who, full of faith, worshippeth Me and abideth in Me."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.47'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 Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya85.57°MithunaPunarvasu P2
चन्द्र Candra70.21°MithunaĀrdrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala283.42°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha111.80°KarkaAśleṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.11°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra127.80°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शनि Śani250.58°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:18 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:21 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:12 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:25 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 03 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 56 Mins 36 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:17 – 03:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:02 – 04:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:20
Godhūli Muhūrta19:09 – 19:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:21 – 19:59
Amṛta Kāla19:06 – 20:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:42 – 15:35
Yamaganda04:18 – 06:11
Gulika Kāla08:04 – 09:57
Varjyam04:55 – 05:20
Dur Muhūrta 07:49 – 08:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (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 · 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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:18 – 06:11 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:11 – 08:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:04 – 09:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala09:57 – 11:49 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:49 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:42 – 15:35 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:35 – 17:28 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:28 – 19:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:21 – 20:28 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:28 – 21:35 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:35 – 22:42 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:42 – 23:49 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:49 – 00:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala00:57 – 02:04 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:04 – 03:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:11 – 04:18 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869846.27
Julian Day2458311.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1118°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)344.98°
🪷 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 21.99°, EoT -5.24 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: 2018-07-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)