पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · July 19, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.7 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु मामनुस्मर युध्य च।

मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्मामेवैष्यस्यसंशयम्।।8.7।।
"8.7 Therefore meditate always on Me, and fight; if thy mind and thy reason be fixed on Me, to Me shalt thou surely come." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya92.71°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra71.64°MithunaĀrdrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala347.44°MīnaRevatī P1
बुध Budha72.91°MithunaĀrdrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati267.59°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra49.73°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शनि Śani274.62°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:24 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:16 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:50 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:02 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 52 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 07 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:25 – 03:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:10 – 04:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:18
Godhūli Muhūrta19:04 – 19:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:16 – 19:54
Amṛta Kāla19:01 – 20:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:25 – 19:16
Yamaganda11:50 – 13:42
Gulika Kāla15:33 – 17:25
Varjyam05:01 – 05:25
Dur Muhūrta 07:52 – 08:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:24 – 06:16 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:16 – 08:07 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:07 – 09:59 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta09:59 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:50 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:42 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:33 – 17:25 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:25 – 19:16 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:16 – 20:25 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:25 – 21:33 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:33 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:42 – 23:50 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:50 – 00:59 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta00:59 – 02:07 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:07 – 03:16 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:16 – 04:24 (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 Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870584.27
Julian Day2459049.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1400°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)338.30°
🪷 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 (24.1400°), declination 20.78°, EoT -5.93 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: 2020-07-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)