पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · November 24, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.5 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम्।

अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते।।12.5।।
"12.5 But they who thus fix their attention on the Absolute and Impersonal encounter greater hardships, for it is difficult for those who possess a body to realise Me as without one." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya217.56°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
चन्द्र Candra218.76°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala56.85°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
बुध Budha225.86°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati334.62°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra225.30°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani295.35°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:46 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:17 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:32 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:54 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:19 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 30 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 29 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:30 – 06:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:59 – 06:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 11:51
Vijaya Muhūrta13:07 – 13:45
Godhūli Muhūrta16:05 – 16:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:17 – 16:41
Amṛta Kāla16:02 – 17:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 23:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:43 – 13:54
Yamaganda06:46 – 07:58
Gulika Kāla09:09 – 10:20
Varjyam07:10 – 07:25
Dur Muhūrta 09:00 – 09:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:46 – 07:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:58 – 09:09 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:09 – 10:20 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:20 – 11:32 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:32 – 12:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:43 – 13:54 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla13:54 – 15:06 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:06 – 16:17 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:17 – 18:06 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:06 – 19:54 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha19:54 – 21:43 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:43 – 23:32 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:32 – 01:20 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:20 – 03:09 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:09 – 04:58 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:58 – 06:46 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Anurādhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871442.27
Julian Day2459907.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1728°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)359.79°
🪷 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 (24.1728°), declination -20.50°, EoT 12.55 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: 2022-11-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)