पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 20, 2012 CE

🪷 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 9.15 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते।

एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम्।।9.15।।
"9.15 Others worship Me with full consciousness as the One, the Manifold, the Omnipresent, the Universal." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya244.52°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra332.45°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala271.15°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha228.29°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati44.64°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra220.61°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani194.23°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:10 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:15 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:36 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:32 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 04 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 55 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:58 – 06:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:25 – 07:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:01
Vijaya Muhūrta13:13 – 13:49
Godhūli Muhūrta16:03 – 16:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:15 – 16:37
Amṛta Kāla16:00 – 17:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:50 – 13:58
Yamaganda07:10 – 08:18
Gulika Kāla09:26 – 10:34
Varjyam07:33 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:35

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:10 – 08:18 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:18 – 09:26 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:26 – 10:34 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:34 – 11:42 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:42 – 12:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:50 – 13:58 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla13:58 – 15:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:07 – 16:15 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:15 – 18:07 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:07 – 19:58 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha19:58 – 21:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:50 – 23:42 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:42 – 01:34 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:34 – 03:26 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:26 – 05:18 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:18 – 07:10 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867816.27
Julian Day2456281.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0342°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)84.98°
🪷 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 (24.0342°), declination -23.43°, EoT 1.85 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: 2012-12-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)