पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 9, 1998 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
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.16 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं नानुवर्तयतीह यः।

अघायुरिन्द्रियारामो मोघं पार्थ स जीवति।।3.16।।
"3.16 Thus he who does not help the revolving wheel of sacrifice, but instead leads a sinful life, rejoicing in the gratification of his senses, O Arjuna, he breathes in vain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya232.91°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra123.35°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala162.59°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha217.86°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati325.41°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra242.77°DhanuMūla P1
शनि Śani3.25°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:02 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:13 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:29 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:09 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 10 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 49 Mins 33 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:49 – 06:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:16 – 07:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 11:56
Vijaya Muhūrta13:09 – 13:46
Godhūli Muhūrta16:01 – 16:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:13 – 16:36
Amṛta Kāla15:58 – 17:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 23:56

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:37 – 12:46
Yamaganda08:11 – 09:20
Gulika Kāla10:29 – 11:37
Varjyam07:25 – 07:40
Dur Muhūrta 09:11 – 09:29

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:02 – 08:11 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:11 – 09:20 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:20 – 10:29 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:29 – 11:37 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:37 – 12:46 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:46 – 13:55 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala13:55 – 15:04 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:04 – 16:13 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:13 – 18:04 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:04 – 19:55 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha19:55 – 21:46 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:46 – 23:37 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:37 – 01:29 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:29 – 03:20 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:20 – 05:11 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:11 – 07:02 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862691.27 · 5099.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451156.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8382° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)248.63° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (23.8382°) · declination -22.78° · EoT 6.87 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:1998-12-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)