पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · March 11, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.13 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः।

संप्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन्।।6.13।।
"6.13 Let him hold body, head and neck erect, motionless and steady; let him look fixedly at the tip of his nose, turning neither to the right nor to the left." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya326.77°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra336.21°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala296.20°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha337.08°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati18.95°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra304.42°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani317.04°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:04 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:46 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:29 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:36 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 42 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 17 Mins 09 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:30 – 05:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:05 – 06:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:32 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta13:52 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta17:34 – 17:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:46 – 18:16
Amṛta Kāla17:31 – 19:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:32 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:31 – 08:59
Yamaganda10:27 – 11:55
Gulika Kāla13:23 – 14:51
Varjyam06:33 – 06:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:48 – 09:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
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):
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:04 – 07:31 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:31 – 08:59 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:59 – 10:27 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:27 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:55 – 13:23 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:23 – 14:51 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:51 – 16:19 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:19 – 17:46 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:46 – 19:19 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:19 – 20:51 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:51 – 22:23 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:23 – 23:55 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:55 – 01:27 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:27 – 02:59 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:59 – 04:31 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:31 – 06:04 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871915.27
Julian Day2460380.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1909°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)8.53°
🪷 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 (24.1909°), declination -3.58°, EoT -10.76 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: 2024-03-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)