पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · January 10, 2017 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 11.19 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अनादिमध्यान्तमनन्तवीर्य

मनन्तबाहुं शशिसूर्यनेत्रम्।

पश्यामि त्वां दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रम्

स्वतेजसा विश्वमिदं तपन्तम्।।11.19।।
"11.19 Without beginning, without middle and without end, infinite in power, Thine arms all-embracing, the sun and moon Thine eyes, Thy face beaming with the fire of sacrifice, flooding the whole universe with light." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya265.89°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra52.37°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala322.00°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha244.58°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.40°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra312.75°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शनि Śani238.10°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:13 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:31 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:04 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:11 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 17 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 42 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:58 – 06:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:26 – 07:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta13:25 – 14:02
Godhūli Muhūrta16:19 – 16:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:31 – 16:54
Amṛta Kāla16:16 – 18:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:10

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:11 – 15:21
Yamaganda09:32 – 10:42
Gulika Kāla11:52 – 13:01
Varjyam07:36 – 07:51
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:13 – 08:23 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:23 – 09:32 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:32 – 10:42 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:42 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:52 – 13:01 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:01 – 14:11 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:11 – 15:21 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:21 – 16:31 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:31 – 18:21 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:21 – 20:11 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:11 – 22:01 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:01 – 23:52 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:52 – 01:42 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:42 – 03:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:32 – 05:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:23 – 07:13 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869298.27
Julian Day2457763.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0908°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)148.70°
🪷 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 (24.0908°), declination -21.95°, EoT -7.50 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: 2017-01-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)