पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 24, 2003 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.3 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
तेजः क्षमा धृतिः शौचमद्रोहो नातिमानिता।

भवन्ति सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातस्य भारत।।16.3।।
"16.3 Valour, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, freedom from hate and vanity; these are his who possesses the Godly Qualities, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2060 Durmukhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1925 Subhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1410
Malayalam Era: 1179
Nanakshahi: 534
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya247.89°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra256.83°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala340.38°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha254.83°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.85°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra279.47°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani76.38°MithunaĀrdrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:12 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:17 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:44 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:47 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:53 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 04 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 55 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:59 – 06:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:27 – 07:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:02
Vijaya Muhūrta13:15 – 13:51
Godhūli Muhūrta16:05 – 16:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:17 – 16:39
Amṛta Kāla16:02 – 17:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:02

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:44 – 12:52
Yamaganda08:20 – 09:28
Gulika Kāla10:36 – 11:44
Varjyam07:35 – 07:49
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:37

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:12 – 08:20 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:20 – 09:28 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:28 – 10:36 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:36 – 11:44 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:44 – 12:52 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:52 – 14:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:00 – 15:08 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:08 – 16:17 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:17 – 18:08 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:08 – 20:00 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:00 – 21:52 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:52 – 23:44 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:44 – 01:36 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:36 – 03:28 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:28 – 05:20 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:20 – 07:12 (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 Year5105 · Kali-5105
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864532.27 · 5104.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452997.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9086° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)9.23° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.9086°) · declination -23.42° · EoT -0.03 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:2003-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)