पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · July 17, 2022 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 9.6 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
यथाऽऽकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान्।

तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मत्स्थानीत्युपधारय।।9.6।।
"9.6 As the mighty wind, though moving everywhere, has no resting place but space, so have all these beings no home but Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya90.31°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra315.84°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala13.59°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha90.27°KarkaPunarvasu P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati344.30°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra64.29°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani299.79°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:22 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:18 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:18 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:27 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 56 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 03 Mins 43 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:22 – 03:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:07 – 04:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta19:06 – 19:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:18 – 19:55
Amṛta Kāla19:03 – 20:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:26 – 19:18
Yamaganda11:50 – 13:42
Gulika Kāla15:34 – 17:26
Varjyam04:59 – 05:23
Dur Muhūrta 07:51 – 08:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:22 – 06:14 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:14 – 08:06 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:06 – 09:58 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta09:58 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:50 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:42 – 15:34 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:34 – 17:26 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:26 – 19:18 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:18 – 20:26 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:26 – 21:34 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:34 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:42 – 23:50 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:50 – 00:58 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta00:58 – 02:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:06 – 03:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:14 – 04:22 (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 Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871312.27
Julian Day2459777.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1679°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)223.69°
🪷 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 (24.1679°), declination 21.22°, EoT -5.77 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: 2022-07-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)