पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · January 24, 2012 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 1.22 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
यावदेतान्निरीक्षेऽहं योद्धुकामानवस्थितान्।

कैर्मया सह योद्धव्यमस्मिन्रणसमुद्यमे।।1.22।।
"1.22 So that I may observe those who must fight on my side, those who must fight against me;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya279.41°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra288.26°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala148.86°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha269.87°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati7.61°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra317.67°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शनि Śani185.04°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:06 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:46 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:33 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:30 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 40 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 19 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:49 – 06:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:18 – 07:06
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta13:33 – 14:12
Godhūli Muhūrta16:34 – 16:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:46 – 17:11
Amṛta Kāla16:31 – 18:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:21 – 15:34
Yamaganda09:31 – 10:44
Gulika Kāla11:56 – 13:09
Varjyam07:30 – 07:46
Dur Muhūrta 09:22 – 09:41

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:06 – 08:19 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:19 – 09:31 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:31 – 10:44 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:44 – 11:56 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:56 – 13:09 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:09 – 14:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:21 – 15:34 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:34 – 16:46 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:46 – 18:34 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:34 – 20:21 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:21 – 22:09 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:09 – 23:56 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:56 – 01:44 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:44 – 03:31 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:31 – 05:19 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:19 – 07:06 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867485.27 · 5113.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455950.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0215° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)10.89° · 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 (24.0215°) · declination -19.38° · EoT -12.06 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:2012-01-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)