पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · November 26, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.21 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः।

स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते।।3.21।।
"3.21 For whatever a great man does, others imitate. People conform to the standard which he has set." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya219.32°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
चन्द्र Candra22.39°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala216.69°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha238.48°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati13.44°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra175.30°KanyāCitrā P1
शनि Śani306.83°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:49 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:16 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:32 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:17 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:32 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 27 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 32 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:33 – 06:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:01 – 06:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 11:51
Vijaya Muhūrta13:07 – 13:45
Godhūli Muhūrta16:04 – 16:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:16 – 16:40
Amṛta Kāla16:01 – 17:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 23:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:05 – 16:16
Yamaganda11:32 – 12:43
Gulika Kāla13:54 – 15:05
Varjyam07:12 – 07:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:49 – 07:59 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:59 – 09:10 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:10 – 10:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:21 – 11:32 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:32 – 12:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:43 – 13:54 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga13:54 – 15:05 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:05 – 16:16 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:16 – 18:05 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:05 – 19:54 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg19:54 – 21:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:43 – 23:32 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:32 – 01:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:21 – 03:10 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:10 – 04:59 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:59 – 06:49 (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 Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871809.27
Julian Day2460274.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1869°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)164.82°
🪷 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 (24.1869°), declination -20.85°, EoT 11.91 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: 2023-11-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)