पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · January 10, 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 13.3 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
क्षेत्रज्ञं चापि मां विद्धि सर्वक्षेत्रेषु भारत।

क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोर्ज्ञानं यत्तज्ज्ञानं मतं मम।।13.3।।
"13.3 I am the Omniscient self that abides in the playground of Matter; knowledge of Matter and of the all-knowing Self is wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.3'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 Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya265.86°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra224.12°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala7.03°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha278.15°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati280.72°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra247.32°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani278.53°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:13 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:31 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:26 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:43 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 17 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 42 Mins 02 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:58 – 06:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:26 – 07:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta13:25 – 14:02
Godhūli Muhūrta16:19 – 16:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:31 – 16:54
Amṛta Kāla16:16 – 18:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:10

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:21 – 16:31
Yamaganda11:52 – 13:01
Gulika Kāla14:11 – 15:21
Varjyam07:36 – 07:51
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:13 – 08:22 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:22 – 09:32 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:32 – 10:42 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:42 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:52 – 13:01 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:01 – 14:11 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:11 – 15:21 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:21 – 16:31 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:31 – 18:21 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:21 – 20:11 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:11 – 22:01 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:01 – 23:52 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:52 – 01:42 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:42 – 03:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:32 – 05:22 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:22 – 07:13 (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 Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870759.27
Julian Day2459224.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1467°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)320.04°
🪷 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 (24.1467°), declination -21.95°, EoT -7.50 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: 2021-01-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)