पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 29, 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 9.24 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च।

न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते।।9.24।।
"9.24 I am the willing recipient of sacrifice, and I am its true Lord. But these do not know me in truth, and so they sink back." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya253.69°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra80.39°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala278.19°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha241.86°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati43.63°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra231.86°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani195.01°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:13 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:20 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:40 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:47 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 06 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 53 Mins 32 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:00 – 06:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:28 – 07:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:05
Vijaya Muhūrta13:18 – 13:54
Godhūli Muhūrta16:08 – 16:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:20 – 16:43
Amṛta Kāla16:05 – 17:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:05

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:30 – 10:38
Yamaganda12:55 – 14:03
Gulika Kāla07:13 – 08:22
Varjyam07:36 – 07:51
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:13 – 08:22 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:22 – 09:30 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:30 – 10:38 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:38 – 11:47 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:47 – 12:55 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:55 – 14:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:03 – 15:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:12 – 16:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:20 – 18:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:12 – 20:03 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:03 – 21:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:55 – 23:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:47 – 01:38 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:38 – 03:30 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:30 – 05:22 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:22 – 07:13 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Pratipada + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867825.27
Julian Day2456290.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0345°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)187.71°
🪷 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 (24.0345°), declination -23.21°, EoT -2.35 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: 2012-12-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)