पञ्चाङ्ग — Atlanta, USA · July 30, 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.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.36 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
असंयतात्मना योगो दुष्प्राप इति मे मतिः।

वश्यात्मना तु यतता शक्योऽवाप्तुमुपायतः।।6.36।।
"6.36 It is not possible to attain Self-Realisation if a man does not know how to control himself; but for him who, striving by proper means, learns such control, it is possible." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.36'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 Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya103.24°KarkaPuṣya P3
चन्द्र Candra54.04°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala214.44°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha124.56°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati147.02°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra117.60°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani225.67°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:48 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:39 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:44 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:18 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:36 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 51 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 08 Mins 20 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:57 – 04:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:39 – 05:48
Abhijit Muhūrta12:16 – 13:11
Vijaya Muhūrta15:02 – 15:58
Godhūli Muhūrta19:27 – 19:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:39 – 20:14
Amṛta Kāla19:24 – 21:09
Niśīta Muhūrta00:16 – 01:11

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:16 – 11:00
Yamaganda14:28 – 16:12
Gulika Kāla05:48 – 07:32
Varjyam06:22 – 06:45
Dur Muhūrta 09:02 – 09:30

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:48 – 07:32 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:32 – 09:16 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:16 – 11:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:00 – 12:44 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:44 – 14:28 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:28 – 16:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta16:12 – 17:56 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:56 – 19:39 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:39 – 20:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:56 – 22:12 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla22:12 – 23:28 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:28 – 00:44 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:44 – 02:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:00 – 03:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:16 – 04:32 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:32 – 05:48 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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)1869134.27 · 5117.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457599.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0846° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)311.84° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (24.0846°) · declination 18.44° · EoT -6.11 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:2016-07-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)