पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 12, 2028 CE

🪷 आज: सफला एकादशी — Saphalā Ekādaśī
Renders all undertakings fruitful (saphala).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.10 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः।मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः।।16.10।।
"16.10 Giving themselves up to insatiable passions, hypocritical, self-sufficient and arrogant, cherishing false conception founded on delusion, they work only to carry out their own unholy purposes." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1435
Malayalam Era: 1204
Nanakshahi: 559
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya236.27°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra183.43°TulāCitrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala151.09°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha247.96°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.90°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra211.47°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani10.67°MeṣaAśvinī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:05 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:12 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:39 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:44 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:31 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 07 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 52 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:52 – 06:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:19 – 07:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 11:57
Vijaya Muhūrta13:10 – 13:46
Godhūli Muhūrta16:00 – 16:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:12 – 16:35
Amṛta Kāla15:57 – 17:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 23:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:56 – 15:04
Yamaganda09:22 – 10:30
Gulika Kāla11:39 – 12:47
Varjyam07:28 – 07:42
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:31

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:05 – 08:13 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:13 – 09:22 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:22 – 10:30 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:30 – 11:39 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:39 – 12:47 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:47 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha13:56 – 15:04 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:04 – 16:12 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:12 – 18:04 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:04 – 19:56 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga19:56 – 21:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:47 – 23:39 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:39 – 01:30 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:30 – 03:22 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:22 – 05:13 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:13 – 07:05 (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 Year5130
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873652.27
Julian Day2462117.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2574°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)308.53°
🪷 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 (24.2574°), declination -23.10°, EoT 5.54 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: 2028-12-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)