पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · August 1, 2021 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 18.72 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा।कच्चिदज्ञानसंमोहः प्रनष्टस्ते धनञ्जय।।18.72।।
"18.72 O Arjuna! Hast thou listened attentively to My words? Has thy ignorance and thy delusion gone?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.72's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya104.88°KarkaPuṣya P4
चन्द्र Candra20.20°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala126.89°SiṃhaMaghā P3
बुध Budha103.98°KarkaPuṣya P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati305.42°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra137.53°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani286.15°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:36 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:04 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:07 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:16 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 27 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 32 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:41 – 03:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:24 – 04:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta18:52 – 19:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:04 – 19:40
Amṛta Kāla18:49 – 20:34
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:16 – 19:04
Yamaganda11:50 – 13:39
Gulika Kāla15:27 – 17:16
Varjyam05:13 – 05:36
Dur Muhūrta 07:59 – 08:28

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:36 – 06:25 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:25 – 08:13 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:13 – 10:02 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:02 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:50 – 13:39 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:39 – 15:27 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:27 – 17:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:16 – 19:04 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:04 – 20:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:16 – 21:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:27 – 22:39 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:39 – 23:50 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:50 – 01:02 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:02 – 02:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:13 – 03:25 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:25 – 04:36 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Bharaṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870962.27
Julian Day2459427.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1545°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)274.74°
🪷 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 (24.1545°), declination 18.00°, EoT -6.02 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: 2021-08-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)