पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · January 11, 2015 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 10.32 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
सर्गाणामादिरन्तश्च मध्यं चैवाहमर्जुन।

अध्यात्मविद्या विद्यानां वादः प्रवदतामहम्।।10.32।।
"10.32 I am the Beginning, the Middle and the End in creation; among sciences, I am the science of Spirituality; I am the Discussion among disputants." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.32's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya266.41°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra150.57°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala304.60°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha284.51°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati116.04°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra285.04°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani217.52°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:13 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:31 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:58 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:20 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 18 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 41 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:58 – 06:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:26 – 07:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:34 – 12:11
Vijaya Muhūrta13:25 – 14:02
Godhūli Muhūrta16:19 – 16:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:31 – 16:55
Amṛta Kāla16:16 – 18:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:11

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:22 – 16:31
Yamaganda11:52 – 13:02
Gulika Kāla14:12 – 15:22
Varjyam07:36 – 07:51
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:13 – 08:23 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:23 – 09:32 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:32 – 10:42 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:42 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:52 – 13:02 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:02 – 14:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:12 – 15:22 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:22 – 16:31 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:31 – 18:22 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:22 – 20:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:12 – 22:02 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:02 – 23:52 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:52 – 01:42 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:42 – 03:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:32 – 05:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:23 – 07:13 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868568.27
Julian Day2457033.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0629°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)247.52°
🪷 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 (24.0629°), declination -21.88°, EoT -7.89 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: 2015-01-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)