पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · September 27, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.19 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च।

अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन।।9.19।।
"9.19 I am the Heat of the Sun, I release and hold back the Rains. I am Death and Immortality; I am Being and Not-Being." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya159.78°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra2.39°MeṣaAśvinī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala280.08°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha164.24°KanyāHasta P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati207.16°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra195.19°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani248.66°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:36 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:33 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:24 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:46 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 57 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 17 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:00 – 04:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:36 – 05:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:10 – 11:58
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:22
Godhūli Muhūrta17:21 – 17:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:33 – 18:03
Amṛta Kāla17:18 – 19:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:10 – 23:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:04 – 14:34
Yamaganda05:36 – 07:05
Gulika Kāla08:35 – 10:05
Varjyam06:05 – 06:25
Dur Muhūrta 08:23 – 08:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:36 – 07:05 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:05 – 08:35 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:35 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:05 – 11:34 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:34 – 13:04 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:04 – 14:34 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:34 – 16:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:04 – 17:33 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:33 – 19:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:04 – 20:34 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:34 – 22:04 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:04 – 23:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:34 – 01:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:05 – 02:35 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:35 – 04:05 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:05 – 05:36 (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-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869923.27
Julian Day2458388.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1147°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)203.19°
🪷 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 (24.1147°), declination -1.55°, EoT 9.84 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: 2018-09-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)