पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · January 26, 2004 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.12 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अभिसंधाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत्।इज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम्।।17.12।।
"17.12 Sacrifice which is performed for the sake of its results, or for self-glorification - that, O best of Aryans, is the product of Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya281.50°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra334.96°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala0.69°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha258.88°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.28°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra319.74°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शनि Śani73.77°MithunaĀrdrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:05 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:49 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:29 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:32 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 44 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 15 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:47 – 06:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:16 – 07:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:13
Godhūli Muhūrta16:37 – 17:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:49 – 17:13
Amṛta Kāla16:34 – 18:19
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:18 – 09:31
Yamaganda10:44 – 11:57
Gulika Kāla13:10 – 14:23
Varjyam07:29 – 07:45
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:05 – 08:18 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:18 – 09:31 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:31 – 10:44 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:44 – 11:57 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:57 – 13:10 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:10 – 14:23 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:23 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:36 – 16:49 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:49 – 18:36 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:36 – 20:23 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:23 – 22:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:10 – 23:57 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:57 – 01:44 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:44 – 03:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:31 – 05:18 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:18 – 07:05 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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)1864565.27 · 5105.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453030.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9098° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)53.03° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 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 (23.9098°) · declination -18.91° · EoT -12.54 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:2004-01-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)