पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · April 8, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.9 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः।प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः।।16.9।।
"16.9 Thinking thus, these degraded souls, these enemies of mankind - whose intelligence is negligible and whose deeds are monstrous - come into the world only to destroy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya354.28°MīnaRevatī P3
चन्द्र Candra308.16°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala56.27°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
बुध Budha342.57°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati300.41°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra357.24°MīnaRevatī P4
शनि Śani287.76°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:15 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:18 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:46 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:18 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:06 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 02 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 57 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:31 – 04:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:10 – 05:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta18:06 – 18:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:18 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla18:03 – 19:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:24 – 15:02
Yamaganda05:15 – 06:53
Gulika Kāla08:31 – 10:09
Varjyam05:48 – 06:09
Dur Muhūrta 08:18 – 08:44

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:15 – 06:53 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:53 – 08:31 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:31 – 10:09 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:09 – 11:46 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:46 – 13:24 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:24 – 15:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:02 – 16:40 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:40 – 18:18 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:18 – 19:40 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:40 – 21:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:02 – 22:24 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:24 – 23:46 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:46 – 01:09 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:09 – 02:31 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:31 – 03:53 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:53 – 05:15 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870847.27
Julian Day2459312.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1501°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)312.56°
🪷 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 (24.1501°), declination 7.23°, EoT -2.19 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: 2021-04-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)