पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · January 9, 2009 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: प्रदोष व्रत — Pradoṣa Vrata
Twilight worship of Śiva on Trayodaśī.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.4 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अधिभूतं क्षरो भावः पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम्।

अधियज्ञोऽहमेवात्र देहे देहभृतां वर।।8.4।।
"8.4 Matter consists of the forms that perish; Divinity is the Supreme Self; and He who inspires the spirit of sacrifice in man, O noblest of thy race, is I Myself, Who now stand in human form before thee." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya264.92°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra55.04°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala255.50°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha283.08°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati277.29°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra311.79°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शनि Śani147.52°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:13 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:30 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:51 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:17 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:27 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 16 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 43 Mins 27 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:59 – 06:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:27 – 07:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta13:24 – 14:01
Godhūli Muhūrta16:18 – 16:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:30 – 16:53
Amṛta Kāla16:15 – 18:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:10

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:42 – 11:51
Yamaganda14:10 – 15:20
Gulika Kāla08:23 – 09:32
Varjyam07:36 – 07:51
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:41

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:13 – 08:23 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:23 – 09:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:32 – 10:42 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:42 – 11:51 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:51 – 13:01 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:01 – 14:10 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:10 – 15:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:20 – 16:30 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:30 – 18:20 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:20 – 20:10 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:10 – 22:01 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:01 – 23:51 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:51 – 01:42 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:42 – 03:32 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:32 – 05:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:23 – 07:13 (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 Year5110 · Kali-5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866375.27 · 5110.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454840.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9791° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)151.92° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.9791°) · declination -22.10° · EoT -7.10 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:2009-01-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)