पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 12, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.7 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्।

कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम्।।9.7।।
"9.7 All beings, O Arjuna, return at the close of every cosmic cycle into the realm of Nature, which is a part of Me, and at the beginning of the next I send them forth again." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya236.38°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra217.62°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala264.93°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha216.95°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati45.66°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra210.62°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani193.46°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:05 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:12 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:39 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:40 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:08 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 07 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 52 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:52 – 06:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:19 – 07:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 11:57
Vijaya Muhūrta13:10 – 13:46
Godhūli Muhūrta16:00 – 16:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:12 – 16:35
Amṛta Kāla15:57 – 17:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 23:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:39 – 12:47
Yamaganda08:13 – 09:22
Gulika Kāla10:30 – 11:39
Varjyam07:28 – 07:42
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:31

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:05 – 08:13 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:13 – 09:22 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:22 – 10:30 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:30 – 11:39 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:39 – 12:47 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:47 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala13:56 – 15:04 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:04 – 16:12 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:12 – 18:04 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:04 – 19:56 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha19:56 – 21:47 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:47 – 23:39 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:39 – 01:30 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:30 – 03:22 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:22 – 05:13 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:13 – 07:05 (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 Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867808.27
Julian Day2456273.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0339°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)342.39°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0339°), declination -23.09°, EoT 5.54 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2012-12-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)