पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · October 2, 2018 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 9.24 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga

अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च।

न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते।।9.24।।

"9.24 I am the willing recipient of sacrifice, and I am its true Lord. But these do not know me in truth, and so they sink back." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 9.24'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 Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	164.69°	Kanyā	Hasta P2
चन्द्र Candra	69.95°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	281.97°	Makara	Śravaṇa P1
बुध Budha	172.71°	Kanyā	Hasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	208.08°	Tulā	Viśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra	196.34°	Tulā	Svātī P3
शनि Śani	248.85°	Dhanu	Mūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:41 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:25 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:33 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	21:37 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	12:50 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 43 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 16 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:07 – 04:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:42 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:09 – 11:56
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:30 – 14:17
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:13 – 17:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:25 – 17:54
Amṛta Kāla	17:10 – 18:55
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:09 – 23:56

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	14:29 – 15:57
Yamaganda	08:37 – 10:05
Gulika Kāla	11:33 – 13:01
Varjyam	06:10 – 06:29
Dur Muhūrta	08:25 – 08:49

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)

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):
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 Roga	05:41 – 07:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:09 – 08:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	08:37 – 10:05 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:05 – 11:33 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	11:33 – 13:01 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:01 – 14:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	14:29 – 15:57 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	15:57 – 17:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	17:25 – 18:57 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	18:57 – 20:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	20:29 – 22:01 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:01 – 23:33 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	23:33 – 01:05 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:05 – 02:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	02:37 – 04:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:09 – 05:41 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 42.3601°

Longitude: -71.0589°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Ārdrā alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869928.27
Julian Day	2458393.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1149°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	266.76°

🪷 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 (24.1149°), declination -3.49°, EoT 11.48 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: 2018-10-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)