पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 19, 2027 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 5.18 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विद्याविनयसंपन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि।

शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः।।5.18।।
"5.18 Sages look equally upon all, whether he be a minister of learning and humility, or an infidel, or whether it be a cow, an elephant or a dog." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2084 Raudra
Śaka Saṁvat: 1949 Plavaṅga
Bengali Saṁvat: 1434
Malayalam Era: 1203
Nanakshahi: 558
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya242.64°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra135.16°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala263.19°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha246.25°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati152.15°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra274.47°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani356.82°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:10 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:14 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:59 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:05 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 04 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 55 Mins 17 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:57 – 06:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:24 – 07:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:13 – 13:49
Godhūli Muhūrta16:02 – 16:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:14 – 16:37
Amṛta Kāla15:59 – 17:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:06 – 16:14
Yamaganda11:42 – 12:50
Gulika Kāla13:58 – 15:06
Varjyam07:32 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:35

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:10 – 08:18 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:18 – 09:26 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:26 – 10:34 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:34 – 11:42 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:42 – 12:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:50 – 13:58 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga13:58 – 15:06 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:06 – 16:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:14 – 18:06 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:06 – 19:58 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg19:58 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:50 – 23:42 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:42 – 01:34 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:34 – 03:26 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:26 – 05:18 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:18 – 07:10 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873293.27
Julian Day2461758.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2436°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)249.90°
🪷 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 (24.2436°), declination -23.40°, EoT 2.32 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: 2027-12-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)