पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · August 6, 2022 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 9.26 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति।

तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः।।9.26।।
"9.26 Whatever a man offers to Me, whether it be a leaf, or a flower, or fruit, or water, I accept it, for it is offered with devotion and purity of mind." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla 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)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya109.42°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra206.83°TulāViśākhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala26.73°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
बुध Budha128.41°SiṃhaMaghā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati344.42°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra88.54°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani298.44°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:41 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:58 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:25 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:14 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 17 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 42 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:47 – 03:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:30 – 04:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta18:46 – 19:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:58 – 19:34
Amṛta Kāla18:43 – 20:28
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:16 – 10:03
Yamaganda13:37 – 15:24
Gulika Kāla04:41 – 06:28
Varjyam05:17 – 05:40
Dur Muhūrta 08:01 – 08:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
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 · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:41 – 06:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:28 – 08:16 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:16 – 10:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:03 – 11:50 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:50 – 13:37 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:37 – 15:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:24 – 17:11 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:11 – 18:58 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:58 – 20:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:11 – 21:24 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:24 – 22:37 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:37 – 23:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:50 – 01:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:03 – 02:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:16 – 03:28 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:28 – 04:41 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871332.27
Julian Day2459797.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1686°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)100.69°
🪷 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 (24.1686°), declination 16.74°, EoT -5.59 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: 2022-08-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)