पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 22, 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 3.18 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन।

न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्िचदर्थव्यपाश्रयः।।3.18।।
"3.18 He has nothing to gain by the performance or non-performance of action. His welfare depends not on any contribution that an earthly creature can make." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.18'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 Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya246.24°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra97.40°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala221.60°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha258.66°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati304.51°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra271.88°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani286.75°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:11 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:16 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:43 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:28 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:08 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 04 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 55 Mins 37 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:59 – 06:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:26 – 07:11
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:01
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:50
Godhūli Muhūrta16:04 – 16:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:16 – 16:38
Amṛta Kāla16:01 – 17:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:43 – 12:51
Yamaganda08:19 – 09:27
Gulika Kāla10:35 – 11:43
Varjyam07:34 – 07:48
Dur Muhūrta 09:18 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
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):
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 · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:11 – 08:19 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:19 – 09:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:27 – 10:35 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:35 – 11:43 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:43 – 12:51 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:51 – 13:59 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala13:59 – 15:07 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:07 – 16:16 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:16 – 18:07 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:07 – 19:59 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha19:59 – 21:51 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:51 – 23:43 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:43 – 01:35 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:35 – 03:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:27 – 05:19 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:19 – 07:11 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871105.27
Julian Day2459570.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1600°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)213.95°
🪷 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 (24.1600°), declination -23.44°, EoT 0.91 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: 2021-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)