पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · January 2, 2016 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 2.12 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः।

न चैव न भविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम्।।2.12।।
"2.12 There was never a time when I was not, nor thou, nor these princes were not; there will never be a time when we shall cease to be." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya256.98°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra164.93°KanyāHasta P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala184.83°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha275.77°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.37°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra219.02°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शनि Śani226.96°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:14 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:23 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:50 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:30 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 08 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 51 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:01 – 06:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:28 – 07:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:30 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:20 – 13:56
Godhūli Muhūrta16:11 – 16:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:23 – 16:46
Amṛta Kāla16:08 – 17:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:30 – 00:07

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:31 – 10:40
Yamaganda12:57 – 14:06
Gulika Kāla07:14 – 08:23
Varjyam07:37 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:22 – 09:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:14 – 08:23 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:23 – 09:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:31 – 10:40 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:40 – 11:48 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:48 – 12:57 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:57 – 14:06 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:06 – 15:14 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:14 – 16:23 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:23 – 18:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:14 – 20:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:06 – 21:57 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:57 – 23:48 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:48 – 01:40 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:40 – 03:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:31 – 05:23 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:23 – 07:14 (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 Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Hasta alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868924.27
Julian Day2457389.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0765°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)268.51°
🪷 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 (24.0765°), declination -22.98°, EoT -4.15 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: 2016-01-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)