पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · January 27, 2006 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 any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 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 18.15 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शरीरवाङ्मनोभिर्यत्कर्म प्रारभते नरः।न्याय्यं वा विपरीतं वा पञ्चैते तस्य हेतवः।।18.15।।
"18.15 Whatever action a man performs, whether by muscular effort or by speech or by thought, and whether it be right or wrong, these five are the essential causes." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.01°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra247.56°DhanuMūla P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala25.92°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
बुध Budha283.07°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati203.51°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra262.93°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani103.85°KarkaPuṣya P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:03 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:51 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:05 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:06 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 47 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 12 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:45 – 06:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:14 – 07:03
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta13:35 – 14:14
Godhūli Muhūrta16:39 – 17:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:51 – 17:15
Amṛta Kāla16:36 – 18:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:17

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:44 – 11:57
Yamaganda14:24 – 15:37
Gulika Kāla08:17 – 09:30
Varjyam07:28 – 07:43
Dur Muhūrta 09:20 – 09:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
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):
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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:03 – 08:17 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:17 – 09:30 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:30 – 10:44 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:44 – 11:57 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:57 – 13:10 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:10 – 14:24 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:24 – 15:37 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:37 – 16:51 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:51 – 18:37 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:37 – 20:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:24 – 22:10 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:10 – 23:57 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:57 – 01:44 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:44 – 03:30 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:30 – 05:17 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:17 – 07:03 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5107 · Kali-5107
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865297.27 · 5107.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453762.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9378° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)325.52° · 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 (23.9378°) · declination -18.53° · EoT -12.76 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:2006-01-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)