पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 19, 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 1.45 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम्।

यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः।।1.45।।
"1.45 Alas, it is strange that we should be willing to kill our own countrymen and commit a great sin, in order to enjoy the pleasures of a kingdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.45'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 Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya242.72°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra338.00°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala176.95°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha259.34°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati147.79°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra202.14°TulāViśākhā P1
शनि Śani225.39°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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)11:57 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:09 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 04 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 55 Mins 16 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 Kāla09:26 – 10:34
Yamaganda12:50 – 13:58
Gulika Kāla07:10 – 08:18
Varjyam07:32 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:35

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
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 · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:10 – 08:18 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:18 – 09:26 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:26 – 10:34 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:34 – 11:42 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:42 – 12:50 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:50 – 13:58 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta13:58 – 15:06 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:06 – 16:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:14 – 18:06 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:06 – 19:58 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla19:58 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:50 – 23:42 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:42 – 01:34 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:34 – 03:26 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:26 – 05:18 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:18 – 07:10 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868910.27
Julian Day2457375.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0760°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)96.47°
🪷 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 (24.0760°), 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: 2015-12-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)