पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · January 12, 2011 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 9.8 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः।

भूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशं प्रकृतेर्वशात्।।9.8।।
"9.8 With the help of Nature, again and again I pour forth the whole multitude of beings, whether they will or no, for they are ruled by My Will." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya267.46°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra352.55°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala272.80°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha244.08°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati334.22°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra220.42°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani172.79°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:13 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:32 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:06 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:00 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 19 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 40 Mins 04 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:58 – 06:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:26 – 07:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:34 – 12:11
Vijaya Muhūrta13:26 – 14:03
Godhūli Muhūrta16:20 – 16:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:32 – 16:56
Amṛta Kāla16:17 – 18:02
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:11

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:53 – 13:02
Yamaganda08:23 – 09:33
Gulika Kāla10:43 – 11:53
Varjyam07:36 – 07:51
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:13 – 08:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:23 – 09:33 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:33 – 10:43 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:43 – 11:53 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:53 – 13:02 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:02 – 14:12 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:12 – 15:22 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:22 – 16:32 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:32 – 18:22 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:22 – 20:12 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:12 – 22:02 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:02 – 23:53 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:53 – 01:43 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:43 – 03:33 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:33 – 05:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:23 – 07:13 (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 Śukla Aṣṭamī + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5112 · Kali-5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867108.27 · 5112.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455573.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0071° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)87.52° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (24.0071°) · declination -21.72° · EoT -8.27 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:2011-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)