पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · February 4, 2019 CE

Also observed today

पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.18 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः।।12.18।।

"12.18 He to whom friend and foe are alike, who welcomes equally honour and dishonour, heat and cold, pleasure and pain, who is enamoured of nothing," — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.18'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 Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)	Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	290.80°	Makara	Śravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra	281.67°	Makara	Śravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	358.58°	Mīna	Revatī P4
बुध Budha	294.13°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	234.14°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra	245.69°	Dhanu	Mūla P2
शनि Śani	261.07°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:56 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:01 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:58 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	06:31 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	16:13 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 05 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 54 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:35 – 06:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:05 – 06:56
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:38 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:39 – 14:20
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:49 – 17:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:01 – 17:26
Amṛta Kāla	16:46 – 18:31
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:38 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	08:11 – 09:27
Yamaganda	10:43 – 11:58
Gulika Kāla	13:14 – 14:30
Varjyam	07:21 – 07:37
Dur Muhūrta	09:17 – 09:37

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	06:56 – 08:11 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	08:11 – 09:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	09:27 – 10:43 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:43 – 11:58 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	11:58 – 13:14 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:14 – 14:30 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	14:30 – 15:45 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	15:45 – 17:01 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	17:01 – 18:45 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	18:45 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	20:30 – 22:14 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:14 – 23:58 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	23:58 – 01:43 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:43 – 03:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	03:27 – 05:11 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	05:11 – 06:56 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 42.3601°

Longitude: -71.0589°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Śravaṇa alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-20 — Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870053.27
Julian Day	2458518.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1197°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	351.39°

🪷 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 -16.36°, EoT -14.09 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: 2019-02-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)