पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 25, 2023 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 4.7 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga🪷 Sambhavāmi Yuge Yuge · Krishna's avatāra-anchor
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।

अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदाऽऽत्मानं सृजाम्यहम्।।4.7।।
"4.7 Whenever spirituality decays and materialism is rampant, then, O Arjuna, I reincarnate Myself!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.77°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra45.05°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala237.70°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha243.05°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.47°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra209.66°TulāViśākhā P3
शनि Śani308.56°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:12 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:17 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:40 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:39 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 04 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 55 Mins 19 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:00 – 06:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:27 – 07:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:03
Vijaya Muhūrta13:16 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta16:05 – 16:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:17 – 16:40
Amṛta Kāla16:02 – 17:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:20 – 09:29
Yamaganda10:37 – 11:45
Gulika Kāla12:53 – 14:01
Varjyam07:35 – 07:50
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:38

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:12 – 08:20 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:20 – 09:29 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:29 – 10:37 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:37 – 11:45 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:45 – 12:53 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala12:53 – 14:01 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:01 – 15:09 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:09 – 16:17 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:17 – 18:09 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:09 – 20:01 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:01 – 21:53 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla21:53 – 23:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:45 – 01:37 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:37 – 03:29 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:29 – 05:20 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:20 – 07:12 (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 Caturdaśī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871838.27
Julian Day2460303.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1880°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)157.33°
🪷 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 (24.1880°), declination -23.40°, EoT -0.49 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: 2023-12-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)