पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 1, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.26 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
न बुद्धिभेदं जनयेदज्ञानां कर्मसङ्गिनाम्।

जोषयेत्सर्वकर्माणि विद्वान् युक्तः समाचरन्।।3.26।।
"3.26 But a wise man should not perturb the minds of the ignorant, who are attached to action; let him perform his own actions in the right spirit, with concentration on Me, thus inspiring all to do the same." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya224.38°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
चन्द्र Candra88.15°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala220.26°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha244.97°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati12.93°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra181.10°TulāCitrā P3
शनि Śani307.04°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:54 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:14 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:01 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:57 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 19 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 40 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:40 – 06:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:07 – 06:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:15 – 11:53
Vijaya Muhūrta13:07 – 13:45
Godhūli Muhūrta16:02 – 16:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:14 – 16:37
Amṛta Kāla15:59 – 17:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:15 – 23:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:24 – 11:34
Yamaganda13:54 – 15:04
Gulika Kāla08:04 – 09:14
Varjyam07:17 – 07:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:23

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:54 – 08:04 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:04 – 09:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:14 – 10:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:24 – 11:34 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:34 – 12:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:44 – 13:54 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg13:54 – 15:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:04 – 16:14 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:14 – 18:04 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:04 – 19:54 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala19:54 – 21:44 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:44 – 23:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:34 – 01:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:24 – 03:14 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:14 – 05:04 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:04 – 06:54 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Caturthī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871814.27
Julian Day2460279.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1871°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)225.69°
🪷 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 (24.1871°), declination -21.73°, EoT 10.13 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: 2023-12-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)