पञ्चाङ्ग — Edison, NJ, USA · November 2, 2002 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: गोवत्स द्वादशी — Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vaccha Bāras)
Worship of cow + calf; pre-Diwali day.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.38 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर्यथाऽऽदर्शो मलेन च।

यथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस्तथा तेनेदमावृतम्।।3.38।।
"3.38 As fire is shrouded in smoke, a mirror by dust and a child by the womb, so is the universe enveloped in desire." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya195.55°TulāSvātī P3
चन्द्र Candra155.70°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala167.15°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha187.82°TulāSvātī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati112.46°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra193.11°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani64.68°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:28 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:54 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:58 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:05 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 26 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 33 Mins 54 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:05 – 05:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:36 – 06:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:02
Vijaya Muhūrta13:26 – 14:07
Godhūli Muhūrta16:42 – 17:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:54 – 17:20
Amṛta Kāla16:39 – 18:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:02

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:05 – 10:23
Yamaganda12:59 – 14:18
Gulika Kāla06:28 – 07:46
Varjyam06:54 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:28 – 07:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:46 – 09:05 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:05 – 10:23 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:23 – 11:41 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:41 – 12:59 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:59 – 14:18 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:18 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:36 – 16:54 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:54 – 18:36 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:36 – 20:18 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:18 – 21:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:59 – 23:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:41 – 01:23 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:23 – 03:05 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:05 – 04:46 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:46 – 06:28 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 40.5187°
Longitude: -74.4121°
Timezone: UTC+-5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5104 · Kali-5104
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864115.27 · 5103.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452580.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8926° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)322.53° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 27/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.8926°) · declination -14.64° · EoT 16.42 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2002-11-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)