पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · October 11, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.35 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन।

अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते।।1.35।।
"1.35 I would not kill them, even for three worlds; why then for this poor earth? It matters not if I myself am killed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.35's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya173.31°KanyāHasta P4
चन्द्र Candra322.10°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala160.00°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha196.06°TulāSvātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati235.56°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra188.53°TulāSvātī P1
शनि Śani260.14°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:51 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:10 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:30 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:42 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:09 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 18 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 41 Mins 09 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:20 – 05:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:54 – 05:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:08 – 11:53
Vijaya Muhūrta13:23 – 14:09
Godhūli Muhūrta16:58 – 17:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:10 – 17:38
Amṛta Kāla16:55 – 18:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:08 – 23:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:05 – 11:30
Yamaganda14:20 – 15:45
Gulika Kāla07:16 – 08:41
Varjyam06:19 – 06:37
Dur Muhūrta 08:29 – 08:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:51 – 07:16 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:16 – 08:41 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:41 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:05 – 11:30 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:30 – 12:55 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:55 – 14:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:20 – 15:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:45 – 17:10 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:10 – 18:45 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:45 – 20:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:20 – 21:55 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:55 – 23:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:30 – 01:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:05 – 02:41 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:41 – 04:16 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:16 – 05:51 (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 Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870302.27
Julian Day2458767.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1292°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)147.64°
🪷 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 (24.1292°), declination -6.85°, EoT 13.99 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: 2019-10-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)