पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · May 2, 2028 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 9.19 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga

तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च।

अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन।।9.19।।

"9.19 I am the Heat of the Sun, I release and hold back the Rains. I am Death and Immortality; I am Being and Not-Being." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 9.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati

Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka

Bengali Saṁvat: 1435

Malayalam Era: 1204

Nanakshahi: 559

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	17.92°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra	107.14°	Karka	Aśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	8.42°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3
बुध Budha	36.91°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	143.36°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra	53.66°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani	8.17°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:38 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:45 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:41 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	10:28 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:48 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 06 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 53 Mins 14 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:45 – 03:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:27 – 04:38
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:13 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:02 – 14:59
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:33 – 18:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:45 – 19:20
Amṛta Kāla	18:30 – 20:15
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:13 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:13 – 16:59
Yamaganda	08:10 – 09:55
Gulika Kāla	11:41 – 13:27
Varjyam	05:13 – 05:36
Dur Muhūrta	07:55 – 08:24

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

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 Roga	04:38 – 06:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	06:24 – 08:10 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	08:10 – 09:55 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	09:55 – 11:41 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	11:41 – 13:27 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:27 – 15:13 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	15:13 – 16:59 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	16:59 – 18:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	18:45 – 19:59 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	19:59 – 21:13 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	21:13 – 22:27 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:27 – 23:41 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	23:41 – 00:55 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	00:55 – 02:10 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	02:10 – 03:24 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	03:24 – 04:38 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 42.3601°

Longitude: -71.0589°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5130
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1873428.27
Julian Day	2461893.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2488°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	90.91°

🪷 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 (24.2488°), declination 15.49°, EoT 3.04 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: 2028-05-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)