पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · July 26, 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 8.14 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अनन्यचेताः सततं यो मां स्मरति नित्यशः।

तस्याहं सुलभः पार्थ नित्ययुक्तस्य योगिनः।।8.14।।
"8.14 To him who thinks constantly of Me, and of nothing else, to such an ever-faithful devotee, O Arjuna, am I ever accessible." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla 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)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya99.39°KarkaPuṣya P2
चन्द्र Candra169.75°KanyāHasta P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala350.96°MīnaRevatī P2
बुध Budha79.41°MithunaĀrdrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati266.71°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra54.78°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani274.10°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:31 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:10 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:49 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:15 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 39 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 20 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:33 – 03:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:17 – 04:31
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:16
Godhūli Muhūrta18:58 – 19:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:10 – 19:47
Amṛta Kāla18:55 – 20:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:20 – 19:10
Yamaganda11:50 – 13:40
Gulika Kāla15:30 – 17:20
Varjyam05:07 – 05:31
Dur Muhūrta 07:56 – 08:25

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:31 – 06:21 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:21 – 08:11 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:11 – 10:00 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:00 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:50 – 13:40 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:40 – 15:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:30 – 17:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:20 – 19:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:10 – 20:20 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:20 – 21:30 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:30 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:40 – 23:50 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:50 – 01:00 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:00 – 02:11 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:11 – 03:21 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:21 – 04:31 (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)1870591.27
Julian Day2459056.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1403°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)68.97°
🪷 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 (24.1403°), declination 19.36°, EoT -6.19 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: 2020-07-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)