पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · September 24, 2026 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 12.3 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते।सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यं च कूटस्थमचलं ध्रुवम्।।12.3।।
"12.3 Those who worship Me as the Indestructible, the Undefinable, the Omnipresent, the Unthinkable, the Primeval, the Immutable and the Eternal;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya156.79°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra304.46°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala93.02°KarkaPunarvasu P4
बुध Budha176.32°KanyāCitrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati113.88°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra192.43°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani347.93°MīnaRevatī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:32 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:38 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:35 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:07 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:45 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 06 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 53 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:56 – 04:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:32 – 05:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:11 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:25
Godhūli Muhūrta17:26 – 17:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:38 – 18:09
Amṛta Kāla17:23 – 19:08
Niśīta Muhūrta23:11 – 00:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:06 – 14:37
Yamaganda05:32 – 07:03
Gulika Kāla08:34 – 10:05
Varjyam06:03 – 06:22
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:32 – 07:03 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:03 – 08:34 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:34 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:05 – 11:35 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:35 – 13:06 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:06 – 14:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:37 – 16:08 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:08 – 17:38 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:38 – 19:08 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:08 – 20:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:37 – 22:06 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:06 – 23:35 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:35 – 01:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:05 – 02:34 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:34 – 04:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:03 – 05:32 (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 Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872842.27
Julian Day2461307.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2264°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)147.22°
🪷 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 (24.2264°), declination -0.41°, EoT 8.79 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: 2026-09-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)