पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 18, 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 10.38 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
दण्डो दमयतामस्मि नीतिरस्मि जिगीषताम्।

मौनं चैवास्मि गुह्यानां ज्ञानं ज्ञानवतामहम्।।10.38।।
"10.38 I am the Sceptre of rulers, the Strategy of the conquerors, the Silence of mystery, the Wisdom of the wise." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.38'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 Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya242.46°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra116.57°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala304.65°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha260.77°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati174.83°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra287.65°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani235.47°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:09 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:14 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:20 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:16 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 04 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 55 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:56 – 06:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:24 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta11:23 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:12 – 13:49
Godhūli Muhūrta16:02 – 16:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:14 – 16:37
Amṛta Kāla15:59 – 17:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:23 – 00:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:06 – 16:14
Yamaganda11:41 – 12:50
Gulika Kāla13:58 – 15:06
Varjyam07:32 – 07:46
Dur Muhūrta 09:16 – 09:34

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:09 – 08:17 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:17 – 09:25 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:25 – 10:33 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:33 – 11:41 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:41 – 12:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:50 – 13:58 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga13:58 – 15:06 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:06 – 16:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:14 – 18:06 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:06 – 19:58 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg19:58 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:50 – 23:41 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:41 – 01:33 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:33 – 03:25 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:25 – 05:17 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:17 – 07:09 (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 Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869275.27
Julian Day2457740.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0900°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)232.52°
🪷 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 (24.0900°), declination -23.39°, EoT 2.79 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: 2016-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)