पञ्चाङ्ग — Atlanta, USA · March 10, 2017 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.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.3 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
क्षेत्रज्ञं चापि मां विद्धि सर्वक्षेत्रेषु भारत।

क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोर्ज्ञानं यत्तज्ज्ञानं मतं मम।।13.3।।
"13.3 I am the Omniscient self that abides in the playground of Matter; knowledge of Matter and of the all-knowing Self is wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya325.56°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra114.23°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala5.66°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha328.05°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.04°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra348.25°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani242.91°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:56 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:42 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:49 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:58 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:28 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 46 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 13 Mins 54 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:21 – 06:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:57 – 06:56
Abhijit Muhūrta12:25 – 13:12
Vijaya Muhūrta14:46 – 15:33
Godhūli Muhūrta18:30 – 18:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:42 – 19:11
Amṛta Kāla18:27 – 20:12
Niśīta Muhūrta00:25 – 01:12

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:20 – 12:49
Yamaganda15:45 – 17:13
Gulika Kāla08:24 – 09:52
Varjyam07:25 – 07:44
Dur Muhūrta 09:40 – 10:04

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:56 – 08:24 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:24 – 09:52 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:52 – 11:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:20 – 12:49 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:49 – 14:17 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:17 – 15:45 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:45 – 17:13 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:13 – 18:42 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:42 – 20:13 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:13 – 21:45 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:45 – 23:17 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:17 – 00:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:49 – 02:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:20 – 03:52 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:52 – 05:24 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:24 – 06:56 (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)1869357.27 · 5118.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457822.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0931° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)149.43° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (24.0931°) · declination -4.09° · EoT -11.02 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:2017-03-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)