पञ्चाङ्ग — Atlanta, USA · July 28, 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.34 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
चञ्चलं हि मनः कृष्ण प्रमाथि बलवद्दृढम्।

तस्याहं निग्रहं मन्ये वायोरिव सुदुष्करम्।।6.34।।
"6.34 My Lord! Verily, the mind is fickle and turbulent, obstinate and strong, yea extremely difficult as the wind to control." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya101.33°KarkaPuṣya P3
चन्द्र Candra25.60°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala213.77°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha121.37°SiṃhaMaghā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati146.66°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra115.15°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शनि Śani225.72°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:46 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:41 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:44 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:49 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:33 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 54 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 05 Mins 24 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:55 – 04:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:37 – 05:46
Abhijit Muhūrta12:16 – 13:12
Vijaya Muhūrta15:03 – 15:58
Godhūli Muhūrta19:29 – 19:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:41 – 20:16
Amṛta Kāla19:26 – 21:11
Niśīta Muhūrta00:16 – 01:12

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:28 – 16:12
Yamaganda05:46 – 07:31
Gulika Kāla09:15 – 10:59
Varjyam06:21 – 06:43
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:29

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:46 – 07:31 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:31 – 09:15 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:15 – 10:59 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:59 – 12:44 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:44 – 14:28 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:28 – 16:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:12 – 17:57 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:57 – 19:41 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:41 – 20:57 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:57 – 22:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:12 – 23:28 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:28 – 00:44 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:44 – 01:59 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:59 – 03:15 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:15 – 04:31 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:31 – 05:46 (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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869132.27 · 5117.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457597.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0845° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)284.89° · 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 (24.0845°) · declination 18.91° · EoT -6.17 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:2016-07-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)