पञ्चाङ्ग — Atlanta, USA · October 29, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: नरक चतुर्दशी — Naraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī)
Krishna slew Narakāsura, freeing 16,000 captive princesses. Day 2 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.22 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga🪷 Yoga-Kṣemaṁ Vahāmy Aham · I carry what you need
अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते।

तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम्।।9.22।।
"9.22 But if a man will meditate on Me and Me alone, and will worship Me always and everywhere, I will take upon Myself the fulfillment of his aspiration, and I will safeguard whatsoever he shall attain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya191.96°TulāSvātī P2
चन्द्र Candra173.51°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala267.58°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha192.51°TulāSvātī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati165.95°KanyāHasta P2
शुक्र Śukra228.70°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani229.80°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:54 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:48 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:23 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:52 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 54 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 05 Mins 43 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:27 – 06:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:59 – 06:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 14:54
Godhūli Muhūrta17:36 – 18:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:48 – 18:16
Amṛta Kāla17:33 – 19:18
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:38 – 10:59
Yamaganda13:43 – 15:05
Gulika Kāla06:54 – 08:16
Varjyam07:21 – 07:39
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:48

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:54 – 08:16 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:16 – 09:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:38 – 10:59 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:59 – 12:21 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:21 – 13:43 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:43 – 15:05 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:05 – 16:26 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:26 – 17:48 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:48 – 19:26 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:26 – 21:05 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:05 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:43 – 00:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:21 – 01:59 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:59 – 03:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:38 – 05:16 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:16 – 06:54 (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)1869225.27 · 5117.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457690.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0881° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)341.50° · 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 (24.0881°) · declination -13.54° · EoT 16.43 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:2016-10-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)