पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · February 16, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.1 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाचएवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते।येचाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः।।12.1।।
"12.1 "Arjuna asked: My Lord! Which are the better devotees who worship Thee, those who try to know Thee as a Personal God, or those who worship Thee as Impersonal and Indestructible?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya303.46°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra183.09°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala349.60°MīnaRevatī P1
बुध Budha289.07°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati178.42°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra344.07°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani241.59°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:40 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:18 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:33 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:22 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 37 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 22 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:15 – 05:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:47 – 06:40
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:28
Godhūli Muhūrta17:06 – 17:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:18 – 17:44
Amṛta Kāla17:03 – 18:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:18 – 14:38
Yamaganda06:40 – 08:00
Gulika Kāla09:19 – 10:39
Varjyam07:07 – 07:24
Dur Muhūrta 09:09 – 09:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:40 – 08:00 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:00 – 09:19 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:19 – 10:39 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:39 – 11:59 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:59 – 13:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:18 – 14:38 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:38 – 15:58 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:58 – 17:18 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:18 – 18:58 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:58 – 20:38 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:38 – 22:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:18 – 23:59 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:59 – 01:39 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:39 – 03:19 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:19 – 05:00 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:00 – 06:40 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869335.27
Julian Day2457800.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0923°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)240.78°
🪷 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 (24.0923°), declination -12.32°, EoT -14.54 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: 2017-02-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)