पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · January 18, 2021 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 13.11 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
मयि चानन्ययोगेन भक्ितरव्यभिचारिणी।विविक्तदेशसेवित्वमरतिर्जनसंसदि।।13.11।।
"13.11 Unswerving devotion to Me, by concentration on Me and Me alone, a love for solitude, indifference to social life;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya274.01°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra332.76°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala10.92°MeṣaAśvinī P4
बुध Budha290.75°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati282.60°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra257.35°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani279.47°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:09 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:40 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:51 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:48 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 30 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 29 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:53 – 06:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:22 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:30 – 14:08
Godhūli Muhūrta16:28 – 16:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:40 – 17:04
Amṛta Kāla16:25 – 18:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:14

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:21 – 09:32
Yamaganda10:43 – 11:55
Gulika Kāla13:06 – 14:17
Varjyam07:33 – 07:48
Dur Muhūrta 09:22 – 09:41

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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 · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:09 – 08:21 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:21 – 09:32 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:32 – 10:43 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:43 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:55 – 13:06 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:06 – 14:17 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:17 – 15:29 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:29 – 16:40 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:40 – 18:29 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:29 – 20:17 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:17 – 22:06 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:06 – 23:55 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:55 – 01:43 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:43 – 03:32 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:32 – 05:21 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:21 – 07:09 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 42.3601°
Longitude: -71.0589°
Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870767.27
Julian Day2459232.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1470°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)59.47°
🪷 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 (24.1470°), declination -20.53°, EoT -10.35 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: 2021-01-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)