पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 23, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.20 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अथ व्यवस्थितान् दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रान्कपिध्वजः।

प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसंपाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः।।1.20।।
"1.20 Then beholding the sons of Dhritarashtra, drawn up on the battle- field, ready to fight, Arjuna, whose flag bore the Hanuman," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya247.31°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra128.82°SiṃhaMaghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala163.26°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha243.58°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati82.60°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra274.72°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani205.19°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:12 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:16 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:44 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:08 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:32 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 Muhūrta05:59 – 06:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:26 – 07:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:02
Vijaya Muhūrta13:15 – 13:51
Godhūli Muhūrta16:04 – 16:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:16 – 16:39
Amṛta Kāla16:01 – 17:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:02

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:20 – 09:28
Yamaganda10:36 – 11:44
Gulika Kāla12:52 – 14:00
Varjyam07:34 – 07:49
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:37

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Amṛta07:12 – 08:20 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:20 – 09:28 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:28 – 10:36 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:36 – 11:44 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:44 – 12:52 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala12:52 – 14:00 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:00 – 15:08 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:08 – 16:16 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:16 – 18:08 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:08 – 20:00 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:00 – 21:52 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla21:52 – 23:44 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:44 – 01:36 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:36 – 03:28 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:28 – 05:20 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:20 – 07:12 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5115 · Kali-5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868184.27 · 5114.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456649.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0482° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)245.44° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (24.0482°) · declination -23.43° · EoT 0.44 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:2013-12-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)