पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · October 15, 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 10.3 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
यो मामजमनादिं च वेत्ति लोकमहेश्वरम्।

असम्मूढः स मर्त्येषु सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते।।10.3।।
"10.3 He who knows Me as the unborn, without beginning, the Lord of the universe, he, stripped of his delusion, becomes free from all conceivable sin." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla 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)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya177.53°KanyāCitrā P2
चन्द्र Candra248.82°DhanuMūla P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala287.77°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha193.19°TulāSvātī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati210.63°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शुक्र Śukra194.92°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani249.51°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:56 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:03 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:29 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:44 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:45 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 07 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 52 Mins 59 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:27 – 05:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:00 – 05:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 11:52
Vijaya Muhūrta13:21 – 14:05
Godhūli Muhūrta16:51 – 17:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:03 – 17:31
Amṛta Kāla16:48 – 18:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 23:52

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:19 – 08:43
Yamaganda10:06 – 11:29
Gulika Kāla12:53 – 14:16
Varjyam06:24 – 06:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:32 – 08:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:56 – 07:19 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:19 – 08:43 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:43 – 10:06 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:06 – 11:29 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:29 – 12:53 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala12:53 – 14:16 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:16 – 15:40 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:40 – 17:03 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:03 – 18:40 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:40 – 20:16 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:16 – 21:53 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla21:53 – 23:29 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:29 – 01:06 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:06 – 02:43 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:43 – 04:19 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:19 – 05:56 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869941.27
Julian Day2458406.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1154°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)71.80°
🪷 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 (24.1154°), declination -8.43°, EoT 14.86 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: 2018-10-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)