पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · August 18, 2018 CE

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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 8.7 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga

तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु मामनुस्मर युध्य च।

मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्मामेवैष्यस्यसंशयम्।।8.7।।

"8.7 Therefore meditate always on Me, and fight; if thy mind and thy reason be fixed on Me, to Me shalt thou surely come." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 8.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1425

Malayalam Era: 1194

Nanakshahi: 549

Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)

Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	120.96°	Siṃha	Maghā P1
चन्द्र Candra	207.62°	Tulā	Viśākhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	274.86°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha	107.22°	Karka	Aśleṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	201.25°	Tulā	Viśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra	166.61°	Kanyā	Hasta P2
शनि Śani	248.62°	Dhanu	Mūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:54 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:42 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:48 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:41 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	22:28 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 48 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 12 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:03 – 03:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:45 – 04:54
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:20 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:06 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:30 – 18:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:42 – 19:16
Amṛta Kāla	18:27 – 20:12
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:20 – 00:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	08:21 – 10:04
Yamaganda	13:31 – 15:15
Gulika Kāla	04:54 – 06:37
Varjyam	05:28 – 05:50
Dur Muhūrta	08:07 – 08:35

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: North

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	04:54 – 06:37 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	06:37 – 08:21 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	08:21 – 10:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	10:04 – 11:48 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	11:48 – 13:31 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	13:31 – 15:15 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	15:15 – 16:58 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	16:58 – 18:42 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	18:42 – 19:58 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	19:58 – 21:15 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	21:15 – 22:31 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	22:31 – 23:48 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	23:48 – 01:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	01:04 – 02:21 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	02:21 – 03:37 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	03:37 – 04:54 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 42.3601°

Longitude: -71.0589°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869883.27
Julian Day	2458348.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1132°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	84.31°

🪷 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 (24.1132°), declination 13.16°, EoT -3.53 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: 2018-08-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)