पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 16, 2022 CE

Also observed today

वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति · Vṛścika SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 13.7 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga

इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतनाधृतिः।एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम्।।13.7।।

"13.7 Desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, sympathy, vitality and the persistent clinging to life, these are in brief the constituents of changing Matter." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 13.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt

Bengali Saṁvat: 1429

Malayalam Era: 1198

Nanakshahi: 553

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	239.87°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra	146.12°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	48.73°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P3
बुध Budha	258.71°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	335.46°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra	252.90°	Dhanu	Mūla P4
शनि Śani	296.86°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:08 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:13 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:41 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	23:08 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	11:43 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 05 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 54 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:55 – 06:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:22 – 07:08
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:22 – 11:59
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:11 – 13:48
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:01 – 16:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:13 – 16:36
Amṛta Kāla	15:58 – 17:43
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:22 – 23:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:32 – 11:41
Yamaganda	13:57 – 15:05
Gulika Kāla	08:16 – 09:24
Varjyam	07:30 – 07:45
Dur Muhūrta	09:15 – 09:33

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: West

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	07:08 – 08:16 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	08:16 – 09:24 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	09:24 – 10:32 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:32 – 11:41 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	11:41 – 12:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	12:49 – 13:57 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	13:57 – 15:05 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	15:05 – 16:13 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	16:13 – 18:05 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	18:05 – 19:57 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	19:57 – 21:49 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	21:49 – 23:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	23:41 – 01:32 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:32 – 03:24 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	03:24 – 05:16 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	05:16 – 07:08 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 42.3601°

Longitude: -71.0589°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Uttara Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871464.27
Julian Day	2459929.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1737°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	269.71°

🪷 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 (24.1737°), declination -23.30°, EoT 3.72 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: 2022-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)