पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 16, 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
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🪷 आज: धनु सङ्क्रान्ति — Dhanu Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Sagittarius; Dhanu-māsa (Khara-māsa).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.23 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यदि ह्यहं न वर्तेयं जातु कर्मण्यतन्द्रितः।

मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः।।3.23।।
"3.23 For were I not to act without ceasing, O prince, people would be glad to do likewise." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.23'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: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya240.03°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra207.84°TulāViśākhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala166.35°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha219.07°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati326.07°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra251.56°DhanuMūla P4
शनि Śani3.03°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:08 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:13 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:38 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:26 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 05 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 54 Mins 18 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:55 – 06:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:22 – 07:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 11:59
Vijaya Muhūrta13:11 – 13:48
Godhūli Muhūrta16:01 – 16:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:13 – 16:36
Amṛta Kāla15:58 – 17:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 23:59

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:41 – 12:49
Yamaganda08:16 – 09:24
Gulika Kāla10:32 – 11:41
Varjyam07:30 – 07:45
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:33

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:08 – 08:16 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:16 – 09:24 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:24 – 10:32 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:32 – 11:41 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:41 – 12:49 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:49 – 13:57 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala13:57 – 15:05 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:05 – 16:13 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:13 – 18:05 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:05 – 19:57 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha19:57 – 21:49 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:49 – 23:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:41 – 01:32 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:32 – 03:24 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:24 – 05:16 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:16 – 07:08 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

🌌 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)1862698.27 · 5099.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451163.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8384° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)326.40° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (23.8384°) · declination -23.29° · EoT 3.72 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:1998-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)