पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · January 22, 2015 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
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🪷 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 11.1 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

मदनुग्रहाय परमं गुह्यमध्यात्मसंज्ञितम्।

यत्त्वयोक्तं वचस्तेन मोहोऽयं विगतो मम।।11.1।।
"11.1 "Arjuna said: My Lord! Thy words concerning the Supreme Secret of Self, given for my blessing, have dispelled the illusions which surrounded me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya277.61°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra298.52°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala313.20°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
बुध Budha292.85°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati114.81°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra298.77°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani218.47°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:07 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:44 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:09 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:30 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 36 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 23 Mins 04 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:50 – 06:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:19 – 07:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta13:32 – 14:10
Godhūli Muhūrta16:32 – 16:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:44 – 17:08
Amṛta Kāla16:29 – 18:14
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:15

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:08 – 14:20
Yamaganda07:07 – 08:19
Gulika Kāla09:32 – 10:44
Varjyam07:31 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:22 – 09:41

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:07 – 08:19 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:19 – 09:32 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:32 – 10:44 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:44 – 11:56 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:56 – 13:08 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:08 – 14:20 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:20 – 15:32 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:32 – 16:44 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:44 – 18:32 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:32 – 20:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:20 – 22:08 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:08 – 23:56 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:56 – 01:44 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:44 – 03:32 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:32 – 05:19 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:19 – 07:07 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5116 · Kali-5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868579.27 · 5116.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457044.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0633° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)18.45° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (24.0633°) · declination -19.78° · EoT -11.54 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:2015-01-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)