पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · March 31, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.18 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः।जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः।।14.18।।
"14.18 When Purity is in the ascendant, the man evolves; when Passion, he neither evolves nor degenerates; when Ignorance, he is lost." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya345.92°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra287.25°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala35.51°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
बुध Budha322.07°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati240.03°DhanuMūla P1
शुक्र Śukra310.72°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शनि Śani265.58°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:30 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:08 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:57 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:51 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 38 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 21 Mins 51 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:49 – 04:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:27 – 05:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:55 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:56 – 18:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:08 – 18:40
Amṛta Kāla17:53 – 19:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:14

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:33 – 18:08
Yamaganda11:49 – 13:24
Gulika Kāla14:58 – 16:33
Varjyam06:01 – 06:22
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:30 – 07:05 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:05 – 08:39 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:39 – 10:14 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:14 – 11:49 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:49 – 13:24 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:24 – 14:58 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:58 – 16:33 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:33 – 18:08 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:08 – 19:33 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:33 – 20:58 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:58 – 22:24 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:24 – 23:49 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:49 – 01:14 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:14 – 02:39 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:39 – 04:05 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:05 – 05:30 (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)1870108.27
Julian Day2458573.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1218°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)299.30°
🪷 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 (24.1218°), declination 3.98°, EoT -4.66 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: 2019-03-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)