पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · January 5, 2021 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 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: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya260.77°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra153.17°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala4.72°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha269.95°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati279.56°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra241.05°DhanuMūla P1
शनि Śani277.94°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:14 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:26 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:32 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:46 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 12 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 47 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:00 – 06:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:28 – 07:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:08
Vijaya Muhūrta13:22 – 13:58
Godhūli Muhūrta16:14 – 16:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:26 – 16:49
Amṛta Kāla16:11 – 17:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:08

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:08 – 15:17
Yamaganda09:32 – 10:41
Gulika Kāla11:50 – 12:59
Varjyam07:37 – 07:51
Dur Muhūrta 09:22 – 09:41

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:14 – 08:23 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:23 – 09:32 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:32 – 10:41 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:41 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:50 – 12:59 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:59 – 14:08 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:08 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:17 – 16:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:26 – 18:17 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:17 – 20:08 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:08 – 21:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:59 – 23:50 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:50 – 01:41 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:41 – 03:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:32 – 05:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:23 – 07:14 (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 Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870754.27
Julian Day2459219.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1465°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)253.37°
🪷 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 (24.1465°), declination -22.60°, EoT -5.45 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: 2021-01-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)