पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · February 20, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.35 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यज्ज्ञात्वा न पुनर्मोहमेवं यास्यसि पाण्डव।

येन भूतान्यशेषेण द्रक्ष्यस्यात्मन्यथो मयि।।4.35।।
"4.35 Having known That, thou shalt never again be confounded; and, O Arjuna, by the power of that wisdom, thou shalt see all these people as if they were thine own Self, and therefore as Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.35's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya307.21°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra167.56°KanyāHasta P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala264.98°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha280.82°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati317.53°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra264.43°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani293.65°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:35 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:54 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:26 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 47 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 12 Mins 15 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:08 – 05:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:41 – 06:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:30
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:49
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:01 – 17:22
Yamaganda11:59 – 13:19
Gulika Kāla14:40 – 16:01
Varjyam07:02 – 07:19
Dur Muhūrta 09:06 – 09:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:35 – 07:56 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:56 – 09:17 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:17 – 10:38 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:38 – 11:59 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:59 – 13:19 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:19 – 14:40 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:40 – 16:01 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:01 – 17:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:22 – 19:01 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:01 – 20:40 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:40 – 22:19 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:19 – 23:59 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:59 – 01:38 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:38 – 03:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:17 – 04:56 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:56 – 06:35 (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 Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871165.27
Julian Day2459630.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1623°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)220.63°
🪷 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 (24.1623°), declination -10.99°, EoT -14.28 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: 2022-02-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)