पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · May 10, 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 16.11 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः।कामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निश्िचताः।।16.11।।
"16.11 Poring anxiously over evil resolutions, which only end in death; seeking only the gratification of desire as the highest goal; seeing nothing beyond;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.11'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 Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya25.00°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra88.76°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala61.71°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha11.62°MeṣaAśvinī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati238.91°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra359.11°MīnaRevatī P4
शनि Śani266.24°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:29 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:52 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:28 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:23 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 23 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 36 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:34 – 03:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:17 – 04:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:12 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta14:04 – 15:02
Godhūli Muhūrta18:40 – 19:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:52 – 19:28
Amṛta Kāla18:37 – 20:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:12 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:53 – 11:41
Yamaganda15:16 – 17:04
Gulika Kāla06:17 – 08:05
Varjyam05:05 – 05:28
Dur Muhūrta 07:50 – 08:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:29 – 06:17 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:17 – 08:05 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:05 – 09:53 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla09:53 – 11:41 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:41 – 13:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:29 – 15:16 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:16 – 17:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:04 – 18:52 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:52 – 20:04 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:04 – 21:16 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:16 – 22:29 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:29 – 23:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:41 – 00:53 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla00:53 – 02:05 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:05 – 03:17 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:17 – 04:29 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870148.27
Julian Day2458613.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1234°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)64.12°
🪷 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 (24.1234°), declination 17.50°, EoT 3.68 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: 2019-05-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)