पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · April 18, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.4 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च।

अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा।।7.4।।
"7.4 Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect and personality; this is the eightfold division of My Manifested Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya4.31°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra119.35°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala325.72°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha353.88°MīnaRevatī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati26.96°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
शुक्र Śukra351.41°MīnaRevatī P2
शनि Śani321.32°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:58 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:29 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:44 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:29 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:18 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:10 – 04:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:51 – 04:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:17 – 12:11
Vijaya Muhūrta13:59 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta18:17 – 18:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:29 – 19:03
Amṛta Kāla18:14 – 19:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:17 – 00:11

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:25 – 15:06
Yamaganda04:58 – 06:40
Gulika Kāla08:21 – 10:02
Varjyam05:32 – 05:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:08 – 08:35

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:58 – 06:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:40 – 08:21 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:21 – 10:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:02 – 11:44 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:44 – 13:25 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:25 – 15:06 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:06 – 16:48 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:48 – 18:29 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:29 – 19:48 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:48 – 21:06 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:06 – 22:25 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:25 – 23:44 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:44 – 01:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:02 – 02:21 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:21 – 03:40 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:40 – 04:58 (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 Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871953.27
Julian Day2460418.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1924°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)112.57°
🪷 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 (24.1924°), declination 10.94°, EoT 0.51 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: 2024-04-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)