पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 21, 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 10.41 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
यद्यद्विभूतिमत्सत्त्वं श्रीमदूर्जितमेव वा।

तत्तदेवावगच्छ त्वं मम तेजोंऽशसंभवम्।।10.41।।
"10.41 Whatever is glorious, excellent, beautiful and mighty, be assured that it comes from a fragment of My splendour." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.41'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)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya245.51°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra155.08°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala306.91°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha260.69°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati175.24°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra291.04°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani235.82°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:11 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:15 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:43 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:37 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:45 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 04 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 55 Mins 37 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:58 – 06:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:25 – 07:11
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:01
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:50
Godhūli Muhūrta16:03 – 16:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:15 – 16:38
Amṛta Kāla16:00 – 17:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:43 – 12:51
Yamaganda08:19 – 09:27
Gulika Kāla10:35 – 11:43
Varjyam07:33 – 07:48
Dur Muhūrta 09:18 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:11 – 08:19 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:19 – 09:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:27 – 10:35 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:35 – 11:43 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:43 – 12:51 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:51 – 13:59 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala13:59 – 15:07 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:07 – 16:15 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:15 – 18:07 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:07 – 19:59 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha19:59 – 21:51 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:51 – 23:43 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:43 – 01:35 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:35 – 03:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:27 – 05:19 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:19 – 07:11 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Uttara Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869278.27
Julian Day2457743.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0901°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)267.36°
🪷 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 (24.0901°), declination -23.44°, EoT 1.38 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: 2016-12-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)