पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · February 7, 2022 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 4.22 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः।

समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते।।4.22।।
"4.22 Content with what comes to him without effort of his own, mounting above the pairs of opposites, free from envy, his mind balanced both in success and failure; though he acts, yet the consequences do not bind him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya294.07°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra6.96°MeṣaAśvinī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala255.40°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha270.32°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati314.45°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra257.90°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani292.10°MakaraŚravaṇa P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:52 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:05 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:03 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:38 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 13 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 46 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:30 – 06:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:01 – 06:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta13:41 – 14:22
Godhūli Muhūrta16:53 – 17:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:05 – 17:31
Amṛta Kāla16:50 – 18:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:09 – 09:25
Yamaganda10:42 – 11:59
Gulika Kāla13:15 – 14:32
Varjyam07:17 – 07:34
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:35

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:52 – 08:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:09 – 09:25 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:25 – 10:42 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:42 – 11:59 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:59 – 13:15 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:15 – 14:32 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:32 – 15:49 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:49 – 17:05 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:05 – 18:49 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:49 – 20:32 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:32 – 22:15 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:15 – 23:59 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:59 – 01:42 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:42 – 03:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:25 – 05:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:09 – 06:52 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871152.27
Julian Day2459617.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1618°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)71.76°
🪷 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 (24.1618°), declination -15.36°, EoT -14.38 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: 2022-02-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)