पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · October 3, 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 9.25 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
यान्ति देवव्रता देवान् पितृ़न्यान्ति पितृव्रताः।

भूतानि यान्ति भूतेज्या यान्ति मद्याजिनोऽपि माम्।।9.25।।
"9.25 The votaries of the lesser Powers go to them; the devotees of spirits go to them; they who worship the Powers of Darkness, to such Powers shall they go; and so, too, those who worship Me shall come to Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.25'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 Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya165.68°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra83.94°MithunaPunarvasu P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala282.37°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha174.36°KanyāCitrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.27°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra196.46°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani248.89°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:42 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:23 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:32 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:34 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:37 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 40 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 19 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:09 – 04:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:44 – 05:42
Abhijit Muhūrta11:09 – 11:56
Vijaya Muhūrta13:29 – 14:16
Godhūli Muhūrta17:11 – 17:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:23 – 17:52
Amṛta Kāla17:08 – 18:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:09 – 23:56

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:32 – 13:00
Yamaganda07:10 – 08:37
Gulika Kāla10:05 – 11:32
Varjyam06:11 – 06:30
Dur Muhūrta 08:26 – 08:49

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:42 – 07:10 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:10 – 08:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:37 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:05 – 11:32 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:32 – 13:00 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:00 – 14:28 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:28 – 15:55 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:55 – 17:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:23 – 18:55 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:55 – 20:28 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:28 – 22:00 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:00 – 23:32 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:32 – 01:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:05 – 02:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:37 – 04:10 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:10 – 05:42 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Navamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869929.27
Julian Day2458394.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1150°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)279.99°
🪷 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 (24.1150°), declination -3.88°, EoT 11.79 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: 2018-10-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)