पञ्चाङ्ग — Atlanta, USA · July 20, 2012 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
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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.38 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते।

तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति।।4.38।।
"4.38 There is nothing in the world so purifying as wisdom; and he who is a perfect saint finds that at last in his own Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya93.71°KarkaPuṣya P1
चन्द्र Candra103.86°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala164.84°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha107.40°KarkaAśleṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati43.80°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra51.22°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शनि Śani178.98°KanyāCitrā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:41 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:46 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:44 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:30 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:18 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 05 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 54 Mins 42 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:48 – 04:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:30 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta12:15 – 13:12
Vijaya Muhūrta15:04 – 16:01
Godhūli Muhūrta19:34 – 19:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:46 – 20:21
Amṛta Kāla19:31 – 21:16
Niśīta Muhūrta00:15 – 01:12

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:58 – 12:44
Yamaganda16:15 – 18:01
Gulika Kāla07:27 – 09:12
Varjyam06:16 – 06:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:58 – 09:26

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:41 – 07:27 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:27 – 09:12 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:12 – 10:58 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:58 – 12:44 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:44 – 14:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:29 – 16:15 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:15 – 18:01 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala18:01 – 19:46 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:46 – 21:01 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg21:01 – 22:15 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:15 – 23:29 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:29 – 00:44 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:44 – 01:58 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:58 – 03:12 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:12 – 04:27 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:27 – 05:41 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 33.749°
Longitude: -84.388°
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 — 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 Year5114 · Kali-5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867663.27 · 5113.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456128.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0283° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)10.26° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (24.0283°) · declination 20.61° · EoT -5.99 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:2012-07-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)