पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 19, 2014 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 10.9 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
मच्चित्ता मद्गतप्राणा बोधयन्तः परस्परम्।

कथयन्तश्च मां नित्यं तुष्यन्ति च रमन्ति च।।10.9।।
"10.9 With minds concentrated on Me, with lives absorbed in Me, and enlightening each other, they ever feel content and happy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya242.98°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra204.34°TulāViśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala286.62°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha248.74°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.62°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra256.23°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani215.18°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:10 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:14 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:10 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:05 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 04 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 55 Mins 19 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:57 – 06:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:24 – 07:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:13 – 13:49
Godhūli Muhūrta16:02 – 16:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:14 – 16:37
Amṛta Kāla15:59 – 17:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:34 – 11:42
Yamaganda13:58 – 15:06
Gulika Kāla08:18 – 09:26
Varjyam07:32 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:35

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:10 – 08:18 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:18 – 09:26 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:26 – 10:34 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:34 – 11:42 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:42 – 12:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:50 – 13:58 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg13:58 – 15:06 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:06 – 16:14 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:14 – 18:06 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:06 – 19:58 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala19:58 – 21:50 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:50 – 23:42 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:42 – 01:34 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:34 – 03:26 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:26 – 05:18 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:18 – 07:10 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868545.27
Julian Day2457010.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0620°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)321.49°
🪷 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 (24.0620°), declination -23.40°, EoT 2.32 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: 2014-12-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)