पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 23, 2022 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 13.14 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
सर्वतः पाणिपादं तत्सर्वतोऽक्षिशिरोमुखम्।सर्वतः श्रुतिमल्लोके सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठति।।13.14।।
"13.14 Everywhere are Its hands and Its feet; everywhere It has eyes that see, heads that think and mouths that speak; everywhere It listens; It dwells in all the worlds; It envelops them all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya247.00°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra241.63°DhanuMūla P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala46.55°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha266.81°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati336.06°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra261.68°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani297.47°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:12 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:16 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:44 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:51 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:53 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 04 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 55 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:59 – 06:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:26 – 07:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:02
Vijaya Muhūrta13:15 – 13:51
Godhūli Muhūrta16:04 – 16:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:16 – 16:39
Amṛta Kāla16:01 – 17:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:36 – 11:44
Yamaganda14:00 – 15:08
Gulika Kāla08:20 – 09:28
Varjyam07:34 – 07:49
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:37

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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):
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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:12 – 08:20 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:20 – 09:28 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:28 – 10:36 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:36 – 11:44 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:44 – 12:52 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:52 – 14:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:00 – 15:08 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:08 – 16:16 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:16 – 18:08 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:08 – 20:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:00 – 21:52 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:52 – 23:44 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:44 – 01:36 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:36 – 03:28 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:28 – 05:20 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:20 – 07:12 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Mūla alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871471.27
Julian Day2459936.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1740°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)353.85°
🪷 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 (24.1740°), declination -23.43°, EoT 0.44 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: 2022-12-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)