पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · February 11, 2014 CE

🪷 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 2.23 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः।

न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः।।2.23।।
"2.23 Weapons cleave It not, fire burns It not, water drenches It not, and wind dries It not." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya298.17°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra75.01°MithunaĀrdrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala181.27°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha307.61°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati76.63°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra261.09°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani208.68°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:47 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:11 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:31 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:42 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 23 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 36 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:24 – 06:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:55 – 06:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:24
Godhūli Muhūrta16:59 – 17:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:11 – 17:37
Amṛta Kāla16:56 – 18:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:35 – 15:53
Yamaganda09:23 – 10:41
Gulika Kāla11:59 – 13:17
Varjyam07:13 – 07:30
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:33

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:47 – 08:05 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:05 – 09:23 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:23 – 10:41 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:41 – 11:59 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:59 – 13:17 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:17 – 14:35 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:35 – 15:53 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:53 – 17:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:11 – 18:53 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:53 – 20:35 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:35 – 22:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:17 – 23:59 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:59 – 01:41 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:41 – 03:23 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:23 – 05:05 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:05 – 06:47 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868234.27
Julian Day2456699.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0502°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)134.95°
🪷 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 (24.0502°), declination -14.10°, EoT -14.58 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: 2014-02-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)