पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · February 9, 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 1.38 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः।

कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम्।।1.38।।
"1.38 Although these men, blinded by greed, see no guilt in destroying their kin, or fighting against their friends," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya295.66°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra130.39°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala147.20°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha296.75°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati9.47°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra336.74°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani185.23°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:50 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:07 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:18 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:38 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 17 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 42 Mins 51 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:28 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:59 – 06:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta13:42 – 14:23
Godhūli Muhūrta16:55 – 17:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:07 – 17:33
Amṛta Kāla16:52 – 18:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:19

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:16 – 14:33
Yamaganda06:50 – 08:07
Gulika Kāla09:24 – 10:42
Varjyam07:16 – 07:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:14 – 09:35

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:50 – 08:07 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:07 – 09:24 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:24 – 10:42 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:42 – 11:59 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:59 – 13:16 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:16 – 14:33 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:33 – 15:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:50 – 17:07 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:07 – 18:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:50 – 20:33 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:33 – 22:16 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:16 – 23:59 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:59 – 01:42 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:42 – 03:24 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:24 – 05:07 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:07 – 06:50 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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)1867501.27 · 5113.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455966.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0221° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)193.11° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (24.0221°) · declination -14.91° · EoT -14.50 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:2012-02-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)