पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · January 30, 2023 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 14.17 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सत्त्वात्सञ्जायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च।प्रमादमोहौ तमसो भवतोऽज्ञानमेव च।।14.17।।
"14.17 Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya285.70°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra31.81°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala45.42°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha260.35°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati341.53°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra309.18°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani301.52°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:01 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:55 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:58 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:44 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:20 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 53 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 06 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:41 – 06:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:11 – 07:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:16
Godhūli Muhūrta16:43 – 17:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:55 – 17:19
Amṛta Kāla16:40 – 18:25
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:17

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:15 – 09:29
Yamaganda10:43 – 11:58
Gulika Kāla13:12 – 14:26
Varjyam07:25 – 07:41
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:01 – 08:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:15 – 09:29 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:29 – 10:43 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:43 – 11:58 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:58 – 13:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:12 – 14:26 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:26 – 15:40 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:40 – 16:55 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:55 – 18:40 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:40 – 20:26 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:26 – 22:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:12 – 23:58 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:58 – 01:43 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:43 – 03:29 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:29 – 05:15 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:15 – 07:01 (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 Navamī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871509.27
Julian Day2459974.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1754°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)103.19°
🪷 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 (24.1754°), declination -17.77°, EoT -13.36 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: 2023-01-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)