पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · May 8, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.9 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः।प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः।।16.9।।
"16.9 Thinking thus, these degraded souls, these enemies of mankind - whose intelligence is negligible and whose deeds are monstrous - come into the world only to destroy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya23.06°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra61.20°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala60.41°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha7.81°MeṣaAśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati239.07°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra356.69°MīnaRevatī P4
शनि Śani266.26°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:31 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:50 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:37 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:50 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 19 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 40 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:37 – 03:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:20 – 04:31
Abhijit Muhūrta11:12 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta14:04 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta18:38 – 19:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:50 – 19:26
Amṛta Kāla18:35 – 20:20
Niśīta Muhūrta23:12 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:41 – 13:28
Yamaganda06:19 – 08:06
Gulika Kāla09:53 – 11:41
Varjyam05:07 – 05:30
Dur Muhūrta 07:52 – 08:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:31 – 06:19 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:19 – 08:06 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:06 – 09:53 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha09:53 – 11:41 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:41 – 13:28 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:28 – 15:15 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:15 – 17:03 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:03 – 18:50 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:50 – 20:03 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:03 – 21:15 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:15 – 22:28 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:28 – 23:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:41 – 00:53 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha00:53 – 02:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:06 – 03:19 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:19 – 04:31 (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 Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870146.27
Julian Day2458611.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1233°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)38.10°
🪷 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 (24.1233°), declination 16.96°, EoT 3.58 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: 2019-05-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)