पञ्चाङ्ग — Atlanta, USA · January 27, 2017 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.36 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

स्थाने हृषीकेश तव प्रकीर्त्या

जगत् प्रहृष्यत्यनुरज्यते च।

रक्षांसि भीतानि दिशो द्रवन्ति

सर्वे नमस्यन्ति च सिद्धसङ्घाः।।11.36।।
"11.36 Arjuna said: My Lord! It is natural that the world revels and rejoices when it sings the praises of Thy glory; the demons fly in fear and the saints offer Thee their salutations." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.19°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra271.92°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala334.76°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha259.88°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati178.39°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra329.25°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani239.86°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:38 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:03 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:50 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:01 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:09 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 25 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 34 Mins 23 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:14 – 06:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:45 – 07:38
Abhijit Muhūrta12:29 – 13:11
Vijaya Muhūrta14:35 – 15:16
Godhūli Muhūrta17:51 – 18:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:03 – 18:29
Amṛta Kāla17:48 – 19:33
Niśīta Muhūrta00:29 – 01:11

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:32 – 12:50
Yamaganda15:27 – 16:45
Gulika Kāla08:56 – 10:14
Varjyam08:04 – 08:20
Dur Muhūrta 10:03 – 10:24

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:38 – 08:56 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:56 – 10:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:14 – 11:32 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:32 – 12:50 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:50 – 14:09 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:09 – 15:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:27 – 16:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:45 – 18:03 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:03 – 19:45 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:45 – 21:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:27 – 23:09 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:09 – 00:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:50 – 02:32 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:32 – 04:14 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:14 – 05:56 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:56 – 07:38 (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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869315.27 · 5118.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457780.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0915° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)347.75° · 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 (24.0915°) · declination -18.45° · EoT -12.76 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:2017-01-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)