पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · December 22, 2028 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 16.20 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि।

मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम्।।16.20।।
"16.20 So reborn, they spend life after life, enveloped in delusion. And they never reach Me, O Prince, but degenerate into still lower forms of life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1435
Malayalam Era: 1204
Nanakshahi: 559
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya246.45°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra316.16°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala155.54°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha263.20°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati179.38°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra223.96°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani10.32°MeṣaAśvinī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:11 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:16 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:43 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:47 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:57 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 04 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 55 Mins 36 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:59 – 06:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:26 – 07:11
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:01
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:50
Godhūli Muhūrta16:04 – 16:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:16 – 16:38
Amṛta Kāla16:01 – 17:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:35 – 11:43
Yamaganda13:59 – 15:07
Gulika Kāla08:19 – 09:27
Varjyam07:34 – 07:48
Dur Muhūrta 09:18 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (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 · 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 Chala07:11 – 08:19 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:19 – 09:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:27 – 10:35 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:35 – 11:43 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:43 – 12:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:51 – 13:59 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg13:59 – 15:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:07 – 16:16 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:16 – 18:07 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:07 – 19:59 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala19:59 – 21:51 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:51 – 23:43 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:43 – 01:35 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:35 – 03:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:27 – 05:19 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:19 – 07:11 (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 Year5130
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873662.27
Julian Day2462127.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2578°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)71.03°
🪷 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 (24.2578°), declination -23.43°, EoT 0.91 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: 2028-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)