पञ्चाङ्ग — Atlanta, USA · March 3, 2016 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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🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.1 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

ज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन।

तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव।।3.1।।
"3.1 "Arjuna questioned: My Lord! If Wisdom is above action, why dost Thou advise me to engage in this terrible fight?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya318.81°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra241.02°DhanuMūla P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala214.52°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha301.84°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.22°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra294.11°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani231.69°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:04 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:36 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:50 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:43 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:35 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 31 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 28 Mins 02 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:32 – 06:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:07 – 07:04
Abhijit Muhūrta12:27 – 13:13
Vijaya Muhūrta14:46 – 15:32
Godhūli Muhūrta18:24 – 18:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:36 – 19:05
Amṛta Kāla18:21 – 20:06
Niśīta Muhūrta00:27 – 01:13

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:17 – 15:43
Yamaganda07:04 – 08:31
Gulika Kāla09:57 – 11:24
Varjyam07:33 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:46 – 10:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Śubha07:04 – 08:31 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:31 – 09:57 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:57 – 11:24 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:24 – 12:50 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:50 – 14:17 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:17 – 15:43 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:43 – 17:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:10 – 18:36 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:36 – 20:10 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:10 – 21:43 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:43 – 23:17 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:17 – 00:50 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:50 – 02:24 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:24 – 03:57 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:57 – 05:31 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:31 – 07:04 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 33.749°
Longitude: -84.388°
Timezone: UTC+-5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5117 · Kali-5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868985.27 · 5117.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457450.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0789° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)284.79° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 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 (24.0789°) · declination -6.72° · EoT -12.65 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:2016-03-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)