पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · February 3, 2019 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 12.17 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्ितमान्यः स मे प्रियः।।12.17।।
"12.17 He who is beyond joy and hate, who neither laments nor desires, to whom good and evil fortunes are the same, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya289.78°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra269.86°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala357.90°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha292.37°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati233.97°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra244.55°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani260.96°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:57 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:00 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:58 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:58 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:19 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 03 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 56 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:36 – 06:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:06 – 06:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta13:39 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta16:48 – 17:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:00 – 17:25
Amṛta Kāla16:45 – 18:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:44 – 17:00
Yamaganda11:58 – 13:14
Gulika Kāla14:29 – 15:44
Varjyam07:22 – 07:38
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:37

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:57 – 08:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:12 – 09:27 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:27 – 10:43 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:43 – 11:58 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:58 – 13:14 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:14 – 14:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:29 – 15:44 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:44 – 17:00 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:00 – 18:44 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:44 – 20:29 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:29 – 22:14 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:14 – 23:58 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:58 – 01:43 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:43 – 03:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:27 – 05:12 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:12 – 06:57 (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 Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870052.27
Julian Day2458517.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1197°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)339.74°
🪷 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 (24.1197°), declination -16.65°, EoT -13.97 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: 2019-02-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)