पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 2, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.9 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः।

दर्शयामास पार्थाय परमं रूपमैश्वरम्।।11.9।।
"11.9 Sanjaya continued: "Having thus spoken, O King, the Lord Shri Krishna, the Almighty Prince of Wisdom, showed to Arjuna the Supreme Form of the Great God." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya225.68°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
चन्द्र Candra161.73°KanyāHasta P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala315.74°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha215.06°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati221.06°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शुक्र Śukra185.25°TulāCitrā P4
शनि Śani253.71°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:55 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:14 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:24 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:13 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 18 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 41 Mins 47 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:41 – 06:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:09 – 06:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 11:53
Vijaya Muhūrta13:08 – 13:45
Godhūli Muhūrta16:02 – 16:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:14 – 16:37
Amṛta Kāla15:59 – 17:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 23:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:04 – 16:14
Yamaganda11:34 – 12:44
Gulika Kāla13:54 – 15:04
Varjyam07:19 – 07:34
Dur Muhūrta 09:06 – 09:24

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:55 – 08:05 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:05 – 09:15 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:15 – 10:25 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:25 – 11:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:34 – 12:44 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:44 – 13:54 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga13:54 – 15:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:04 – 16:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:14 – 18:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:04 – 19:54 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg19:54 – 21:44 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:44 – 23:34 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:34 – 01:25 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:25 – 03:15 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:15 – 05:05 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:05 – 06:55 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869989.27
Julian Day2458454.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1173°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)295.24°
🪷 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 (24.1173°), declination -21.92°, EoT 9.75 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: 2018-12-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)