पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · October 6, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.41 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
सखेति मत्वा प्रसभं यदुक्तं

हे कृष्ण हे यादव हे सखेति।

अजानता महिमानं तवेदं

मया प्रमादात्प्रणयेन वापि।।11.41।।
"11.41 Whatever I have said unto Thee in rashness, taking Thee only for a friend and addressing Thee as O Krishna! O Yadava! O Friend!' in thoughtless familiarity, no understanding Thy greatness;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya169.09°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra204.45°TulāViśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala82.92°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha172.55°KanyāHasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati57.11°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
शुक्र Śukra201.21°TulāViśākhā P1
शनि Śani319.92°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:46 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:17 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:32 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:56 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:50 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 30 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 29 Mins 20 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:14 – 05:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:49 – 05:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:09 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:27 – 14:13
Godhūli Muhūrta17:05 – 17:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:17 – 17:46
Amṛta Kāla17:02 – 18:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:09 – 23:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:51 – 17:17
Yamaganda11:32 – 12:58
Gulika Kāla14:24 – 15:51
Varjyam06:15 – 06:33
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:50

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:46 – 07:13 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:13 – 08:39 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:39 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:05 – 11:32 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:32 – 12:58 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:58 – 14:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:24 – 15:51 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:51 – 17:17 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:17 – 18:51 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:51 – 20:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:24 – 21:58 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:58 – 23:32 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:32 – 01:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:05 – 02:39 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:39 – 04:13 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:13 – 05:46 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturthī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872124.27
Julian Day2460589.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1989°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)38.77°
🪷 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 (24.1989°), declination -5.24°, EoT 12.68 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: 2024-10-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)