पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · January 4, 2068 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: मासिक शिवरात्रि — Māsika Śivarātri
Monthly Śiva observance.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.8 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः।

शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः।।3.8।।
"3.8 Do thy duty as prescribed, for action for duty's sake is superior to inaction. Even the maintenance of the body would be impossible if man remained inactive." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2125 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1990 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1475
Malayalam Era: 1244
Nanakshahi: 599
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya258.68°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra244.27°DhanuMūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala357.85°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha276.11°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati267.03°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra295.80°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani148.63°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:14 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:25 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:21 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:22 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 10 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 49 Mins 21 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:01 – 06:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:28 – 07:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:08
Vijaya Muhūrta13:21 – 13:58
Godhūli Muhūrta16:13 – 16:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:25 – 16:48
Amṛta Kāla16:10 – 17:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:08

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:49 – 12:58
Yamaganda08:23 – 09:32
Gulika Kāla10:40 – 11:49
Varjyam07:37 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:22 – 09:41

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:14 – 08:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:23 – 09:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:32 – 10:40 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:40 – 11:49 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:49 – 12:58 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:58 – 14:07 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:07 – 15:16 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:16 – 16:25 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:25 – 18:16 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:16 – 20:07 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:07 – 21:58 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:58 – 23:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:49 – 01:40 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:40 – 03:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:32 – 05:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:23 – 07:14 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5169 · Kali-5169
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1887919.27 · 5168.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2476384.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.8030° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)344.89° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.8030°) · declination -22.75° · EoT -5.02 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2068-01-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)