पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · January 18, 2013 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 10.10 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
तेषां सततयुक्तानां भजतां प्रीतिपूर्वकम्।

ददामि बुद्धियोगं तं येन मामुपयान्ति ते।।10.10।।
"10.10 To those who are always devout and who worship Me with love, I give the power of discrimination, which leads them to Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya274.07°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra353.41°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala293.94°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha273.72°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati42.15°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra256.92°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani196.36°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:09 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:40 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:44 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:40 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 30 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 29 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:53 – 06:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:22 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:30 – 14:08
Godhūli Muhūrta16:28 – 16:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:40 – 17:04
Amṛta Kāla16:25 – 18:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:43 – 11:55
Yamaganda14:17 – 15:28
Gulika Kāla08:21 – 09:32
Varjyam07:33 – 07:48
Dur Muhūrta 09:22 – 09:41

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:09 – 08:21 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:21 – 09:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:32 – 10:43 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:43 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:55 – 13:06 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:06 – 14:17 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:17 – 15:28 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:28 – 16:40 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:40 – 18:28 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:28 – 20:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:17 – 22:06 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:06 – 23:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:55 – 01:43 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:43 – 03:32 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:32 – 05:21 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:21 – 07:09 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5114 · Kali-5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867845.27 · 5114.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456310.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0353° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)77.47° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 7/30)
🪷 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 (24.0353°) · declination -20.54° · EoT -10.35 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:2013-01-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)