पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · May 5, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.38 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति।

अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि।।6.38।।
"6.38 Having failed in both, my Lord, is he without hope, like a riven cloud having no support, lost on the spiritual road?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya20.38°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra66.72°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala320.55°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha39.30°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati334.65°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra338.25°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani300.37°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:35 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:47 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:09 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:23 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 12 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 47 Mins 20 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:41 – 03:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:23 – 04:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:12 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta14:03 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta18:35 – 18:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:47 – 19:23
Amṛta Kāla18:32 – 20:17
Niśīta Muhūrta23:12 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:27 – 15:14
Yamaganda04:35 – 06:21
Gulika Kāla08:08 – 09:54
Varjyam05:10 – 05:33
Dur Muhūrta 07:54 – 08:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:35 – 06:21 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:21 – 08:08 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:08 – 09:54 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala09:54 – 11:41 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:41 – 13:27 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:27 – 15:14 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:14 – 17:01 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:01 – 18:47 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:47 – 20:01 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:01 – 21:14 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:14 – 22:27 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:27 – 23:41 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:41 – 00:54 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala00:54 – 02:08 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:08 – 03:21 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:21 – 04:35 (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 Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871239.27
Julian Day2459704.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1651°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)49.80°
🪷 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 (24.1651°), declination 16.20°, EoT 3.35 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: 2022-05-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)