पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · March 7, 2023 CE

Also observed today

लक्ष्मी जयन्ती · Lakṣmī JayantīVaishnava
कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति · Kumbha SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 16.6 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga

द्वौ भूतसर्गौ लोकेऽस्मिन् दैव आसुर एव च।दैवो विस्तरशः प्रोक्त आसुरं पार्थ मे श्रृणु।।16.6।।

"16.6 All beings are of two classes: Godly and godless. The Godly I have described; I will now describe the other." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 16.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala

Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana

Bengali Saṁvat: 1430

Malayalam Era: 1199

Nanakshahi: 554

Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	322.02°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra	136.58°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	57.13°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P2
बुध Budha	312.61°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	349.08°	Mīna	Revatī P1
शुक्र Śukra	353.51°	Mīna	Revatī P3
शनि Śani	305.84°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:11 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:41 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:56 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	17:03 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	06:05 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 29 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 30 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:40 – 05:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:14 – 06:11
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:33 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:51 – 14:37
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:29 – 17:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:41 – 18:09
Amṛta Kāla	17:26 – 19:11
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:33 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	14:48 – 16:14
Yamaganda	09:04 – 10:30
Gulika Kāla	11:56 – 13:22
Varjyam	06:40 – 06:58
Dur Muhūrta	08:52 – 09:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: West

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	06:11 – 07:38 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:38 – 09:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	09:04 – 10:30 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:30 – 11:56 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	11:56 – 13:22 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:22 – 14:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	14:48 – 16:14 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	16:14 – 17:41 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	17:41 – 19:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	19:14 – 20:48 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	20:48 – 22:22 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:22 – 23:56 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	23:56 – 01:30 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:30 – 03:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	03:04 – 04:38 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:38 – 06:11 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 42.3601°

Longitude: -71.0589°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Pūrva Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871545.27
Julian Day	2460010.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1768°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	174.35°

🪷 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 (24.1768°), declination -5.44°, EoT -11.77 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: 2023-03-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)