पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · January 21, 2018 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 2.61 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त आसीत मत्परः।

वशे हि यस्येन्द्रियाणि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता।।2.61।।
"2.61 Restraining them all, let him meditate steadfastly on Me; for who thus conquers his senses achieves perfection." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.61's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya276.83°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra320.46°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala212.21°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
बुध Budha259.51°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati205.63°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra279.39°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani249.42°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:08 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:43 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:09 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:31 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 35 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 24 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:51 – 06:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:20 – 07:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta13:31 – 14:10
Godhūli Muhūrta16:31 – 16:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:43 – 17:07
Amṛta Kāla16:28 – 18:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:31 – 16:43
Yamaganda11:55 – 13:07
Gulika Kāla14:19 – 15:31
Varjyam07:32 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:22 – 09:41

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
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 · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:08 – 08:20 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:20 – 09:32 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:32 – 10:44 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:44 – 11:55 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:55 – 13:07 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:07 – 14:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:19 – 15:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:31 – 16:43 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:43 – 18:31 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:31 – 20:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:19 – 22:07 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:07 – 23:55 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:55 – 01:44 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:44 – 03:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:32 – 05:20 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:20 – 07:08 (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 Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869674.27
Julian Day2458139.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1052°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)46.65°
🪷 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 (24.1052°), declination -19.95°, EoT -11.26 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: 2018-01-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)