पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · January 31, 2016 CE

🪷 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 2.41 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन।

बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम्।।2.41।।
"2.41 By its means, the straying intellect becomes steadied in the contemplation of one object only; whereas the minds of the irresolute stray into bypaths innumerable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya286.50°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra184.45°TulāCitrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala200.17°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha262.07°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati147.61°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra254.54°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani229.75°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:00 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:56 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:58 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:47 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:32 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 55 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 04 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:41 – 06:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:10 – 07:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:17
Godhūli Muhūrta16:44 – 17:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:56 – 17:20
Amṛta Kāla16:41 – 18:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:41 – 16:56
Yamaganda11:58 – 13:12
Gulika Kāla14:27 – 15:41
Varjyam07:25 – 07:41
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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 · 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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:00 – 08:14 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:14 – 09:29 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:29 – 10:43 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:43 – 11:58 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:58 – 13:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:12 – 14:27 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:27 – 15:41 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:41 – 16:56 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:56 – 18:41 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:41 – 20:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:27 – 22:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:12 – 23:58 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:58 – 01:43 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:43 – 03:29 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:29 – 05:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:14 – 07:00 (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 Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868953.27
Julian Day2457418.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0776°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)260.21°
🪷 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 (24.0776°), declination -17.58°, EoT -13.53 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: 2016-01-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)