पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · August 16, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.7 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्।

कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम्।।9.7।।
"9.7 All beings, O Arjuna, return at the close of every cosmic cycle into the realm of Nature, which is a part of Me, and at the beginning of the next I send them forth again." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.7'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 Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya119.51°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra79.76°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala359.46°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha117.55°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati264.48°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra73.44°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शनि Śani272.66°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:52 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:44 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:36 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:43 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 51 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 08 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:01 – 03:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:43 – 04:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:07 – 15:02
Godhūli Muhūrta18:32 – 18:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:44 – 19:19
Amṛta Kāla18:29 – 20:14
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:00 – 18:44
Yamaganda11:48 – 13:32
Gulika Kāla15:16 – 17:00
Varjyam05:27 – 05:49
Dur Muhūrta 08:06 – 08:34

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
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):
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 Udveg04:52 – 06:36 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:36 – 08:20 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:20 – 10:04 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:04 – 11:48 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:48 – 13:32 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:32 – 15:16 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:16 – 17:00 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:00 – 18:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:44 – 20:00 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:00 – 21:16 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:16 – 22:32 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:32 – 23:48 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:48 – 01:04 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:04 – 02:20 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:20 – 03:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:36 – 04:52 (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)1870612.27
Julian Day2459077.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1411°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)320.70°
🪷 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 (24.1411°), declination 13.64°, EoT -3.97 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: 2020-08-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)