पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · January 29, 2028 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 6.30 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यो मां पश्यति सर्वत्र सर्वं च मयि पश्यति।

तस्याहं न प्रणश्यामि स च मे न प्रणश्यति।।6.30।।
"6.30 He who sees Me in everything and everything in Me, him shall I never forsake, nor shall he lose Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1435
Malayalam Era: 1204
Nanakshahi: 559
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya284.39°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra310.29°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala295.34°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha293.11°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati152.64°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra324.26°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani357.97°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:02 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:53 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:14 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:08 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 51 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 08 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:43 – 06:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:13 – 07:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:15
Godhūli Muhūrta16:41 – 17:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:53 – 17:18
Amṛta Kāla16:38 – 18:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:17

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:30 – 10:44
Yamaganda13:11 – 14:25
Gulika Kāla07:02 – 08:16
Varjyam07:26 – 07:42
Dur Muhūrta 09:20 – 09:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:02 – 08:16 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:16 – 09:30 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:30 – 10:44 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:44 – 11:57 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:57 – 13:11 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:11 – 14:25 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:25 – 15:39 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:39 – 16:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:53 – 18:39 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:39 – 20:25 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:25 – 22:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:11 – 23:57 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:57 – 01:44 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:44 – 03:30 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:30 – 05:16 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:16 – 07:02 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873334.27
Julian Day2461799.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2452°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)28.99°
🪷 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 (24.2452°), declination -18.10°, EoT -13.17 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: 2028-01-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)