पञ्चाङ्ग — Edison, NJ, USA · June 30, 2022 CE

Also observed today

मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति · Mithuna SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga

सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।

रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।

"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 8.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt

Bengali Saṁvat: 1429

Malayalam Era: 1198

Nanakshahi: 553

Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)

Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	74.10°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P3
चन्द्र Candra	84.13°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	1.78°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
बुध Budha	55.78°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	343.21°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra	43.89°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P2
शनि Śani	300.64°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:30 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:32 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:01 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	05:16 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	20:06 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	15 Hours 02 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	8 Hours 58 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:30 – 03:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:15 – 04:30
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:31 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:31 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:20 – 19:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:32 – 20:10
Amṛta Kāla	19:17 – 21:02
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:31 – 00:31

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	13:54 – 15:46
Yamaganda	04:30 – 06:23
Gulika Kāla	08:15 – 10:08
Varjyam	05:08 – 05:32
Dur Muhūrta	08:00 – 08:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: North-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha	04:30 – 06:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga	06:23 – 08:15 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg	08:15 – 10:08 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala	10:08 – 12:01 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha	12:01 – 13:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta	13:54 – 15:46 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla	15:46 – 17:39 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha	17:39 – 19:32 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta	19:32 – 20:39 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla	20:39 – 21:46 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha	21:46 – 22:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga	22:54 – 00:01 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg	00:01 – 01:08 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala	01:08 – 02:15 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha	02:15 – 03:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta	03:23 – 04:30 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 40.5187°

Longitude: -74.4121°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Bṛhaspati Walk (गुरु यात्रा)

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pratipada + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871295.27
Julian Day	2459760.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1672°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	11.99°

🪷 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 (24.1672°), declination 23.18°, EoT -3.28 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: 2022-06-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)