पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 26, 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 4.38 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते।

तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति।।4.38।।
"4.38 There is nothing in the world so purifying as wisdom; and he who is a perfect saint finds that at last in his own Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.38'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 Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya250.29°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra318.66°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala253.54°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha235.03°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati87.76°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शुक्र Śukra247.16°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani331.72°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:13 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:18 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:40 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:57 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 05 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 54 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:00 – 06:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:27 – 07:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:03
Vijaya Muhūrta13:16 – 13:52
Godhūli Muhūrta16:06 – 16:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:18 – 16:40
Amṛta Kāla16:03 – 17:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:37 – 11:45
Yamaganda14:01 – 15:10
Gulika Kāla08:21 – 09:29
Varjyam07:35 – 07:50
Dur Muhūrta 09:20 – 09:38

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:13 – 08:21 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:21 – 09:29 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:29 – 10:37 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:37 – 11:45 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:45 – 12:53 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:53 – 14:01 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:01 – 15:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:10 – 16:18 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:18 – 18:10 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:10 – 20:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:01 – 21:53 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:53 – 23:45 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:45 – 01:37 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:37 – 03:29 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:29 – 05:21 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:21 – 07:13 (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 Time

Kali Year5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872570.27
Julian Day2461035.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2160°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)71.41°
🪷 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 (24.2160°), declination -23.36°, EoT -0.96 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: 2025-12-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)