पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 23, 2025 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 4.35 · 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: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1432
Malayalam Era: 1201
Nanakshahi: 556
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya247.23°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra280.57°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala251.26°DhanuMūla P4
बुध Budha230.58°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati88.12°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शुक्र Śukra243.39°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani331.58°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4

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)09:07 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:47 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 04 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 55 Mins 33 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 Kāla14:00 – 15:08
Yamaganda09:28 – 10:36
Gulika Kāla11:44 – 12:52
Varjyam07:34 – 07:49
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:37

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:12 – 08:20 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:20 – 09:28 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:28 – 10:36 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:36 – 11:44 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:44 – 12:52 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:52 – 14:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:00 – 15:08 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:08 – 16:16 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:16 – 18:08 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:08 – 20:00 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:00 – 21:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:52 – 23:44 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:44 – 01:36 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:36 – 03:28 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:28 – 05:20 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:20 – 07:12 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872567.27
Julian Day2461032.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2159°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)35.31°
🪷 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 (24.2159°), 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: 2025-12-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)