पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · January 5, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: पौष पूर्णिमा — Pauṣa Pūrṇimā (Śākambharī Devī Jayantī)
Manifestation of Devī Śākambharī (vegetation-mother).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.26 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
अश्वत्थः सर्ववृक्षाणां देवर्षीणां च नारदः।

गन्धर्वाणां चित्ररथः सिद्धानां कपिलो मुनिः।।10.26।।
"10.26 Of trees I am the sacred Fig-tree, of the Divine Seers Narada, of the heavenly singers I am Chitraratha, their Leader, and of sages I am Kapila." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya260.30°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra78.39°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala299.91°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha275.80°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati116.60°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra277.53°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani216.96°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:14 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:25 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:08 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:16 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 11 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 48 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:00 – 06:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:28 – 07:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:08
Vijaya Muhūrta13:22 – 13:58
Godhūli Muhūrta16:13 – 16:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:25 – 16:48
Amṛta Kāla16:10 – 17:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:08

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:23 – 09:32
Yamaganda10:41 – 11:50
Gulika Kāla12:59 – 14:08
Varjyam07:37 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:41

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (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 · 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 Amṛta07:14 – 08:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:23 – 09:32 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:32 – 10:41 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:41 – 11:50 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:50 – 12:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala12:59 – 14:08 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:08 – 15:16 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:16 – 16:25 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:25 – 18:16 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:16 – 20:08 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:08 – 21:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla21:59 – 23:50 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:50 – 01:41 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:41 – 03:32 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:32 – 05:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:23 – 07:14 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Ārdrā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868562.27
Julian Day2457027.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0627°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)179.70°
🪷 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 (24.0627°), declination -22.66°, EoT -5.45 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: 2015-01-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)