पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · March 25, 2025 CE

🪷 आज: पापमोचनी एकादशी — Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī
Removes mahā-pātakas (great sins).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.2 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः।

सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः।।18.2।।
"18.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: The sages say that renunciation means forgoing an action which springs from desire; and relinquishing means the surrender of its fruit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1432
Malayalam Era: 1201
Nanakshahi: 556
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya340.44°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra281.12°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala86.89°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha339.85°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati50.69°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra336.90°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani329.54°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:40 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:02 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:51 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:03 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:44 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 22 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 37 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:01 – 04:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:38 – 05:40
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta13:55 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta17:50 – 18:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:02 – 18:33
Amṛta Kāla17:47 – 19:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:56 – 16:29
Yamaganda08:45 – 10:18
Gulika Kāla11:51 – 13:24
Varjyam06:11 – 06:30
Dur Muhūrta 08:33 – 08:58

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:40 – 07:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:12 – 08:45 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:45 – 10:18 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:18 – 11:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:51 – 13:24 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:24 – 14:56 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:56 – 16:29 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:29 – 18:02 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:02 – 19:29 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:29 – 20:56 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:56 – 22:24 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:24 – 23:51 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:51 – 01:18 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:18 – 02:45 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:45 – 04:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:12 – 05:40 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872294.27
Julian Day2460759.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2054°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)302.72°
🪷 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 (24.2054°), declination 1.85°, EoT -6.58 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: 2025-03-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)