पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · October 24, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कार्तिक पूर्णिमा — Kārtika Pūrṇimā / Tripurī Pūrṇimā
Day Mahābhārata war began (4 Oct 3138 BCE). Śiva destroyed Tripurāsura.
Historical anchor: Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (Kurukṣetra) — -3137-10-04 →

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.12 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान्।

पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम्।।10.12।।
"10.12 Arjuna asked: Thou art the Supreme Spirit, the Eternal Home, the Holiest of the Holy, the Eternal Divine Self, the Primal God, the Unborn and the Omnipresent." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya186.46°TulāCitrā P4
चन्द्र Candra358.44°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala292.38°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha206.23°TulāViśākhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati212.49°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शुक्र Śukra190.41°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani250.10°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:07 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:49 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:28 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:20 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:32 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 42 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 17 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:41 – 05:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:13 – 06:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 11:49
Vijaya Muhūrta13:15 – 13:58
Godhūli Muhūrta16:37 – 17:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:49 – 17:16
Amṛta Kāla16:34 – 18:19
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 23:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:28 – 12:48
Yamaganda07:27 – 08:47
Gulika Kāla10:08 – 11:28
Varjyam06:34 – 06:51
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 08:58

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:07 – 07:27 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:27 – 08:47 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:47 – 10:08 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:08 – 11:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:28 – 12:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:48 – 14:09 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:09 – 15:29 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:29 – 16:49 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:49 – 18:29 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:29 – 20:09 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:09 – 21:48 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:48 – 23:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:28 – 01:08 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:08 – 02:47 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:47 – 04:27 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:27 – 06:07 (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 Śukla Pūrṇimā + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869950.27
Julian Day2458415.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1158°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)171.15°
🪷 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 (24.1158°), declination -11.67°, EoT 16.15 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: 2018-10-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)