पञ्चाङ्ग — Atlanta, USA · August 1, 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.13 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
पञ्चैतानि महाबाहो कारणानि निबोध मे।सांख्ये कृतान्ते प्रोक्तानि सिद्धये सर्वकर्मणाम्।।18.13।।
"18.13 I will tell thee now, O Mighty Man, the five causes which, according to the final decision of philosophy, must concur before an action can be accomplished." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya104.91°KarkaPuṣya P4
चन्द्र Candra210.44°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala103.09°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha131.80°SiṃhaMaghā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati172.56°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra66.13°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani237.40°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:49 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:38 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:44 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:36 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:56 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 48 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 11 Mins 01 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:59 – 04:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:40 – 05:49
Abhijit Muhūrta12:16 – 13:11
Vijaya Muhūrta15:02 – 15:57
Godhūli Muhūrta19:26 – 19:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:38 – 20:13
Amṛta Kāla19:23 – 21:08
Niśīta Muhūrta00:16 – 01:11

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:11 – 17:54
Yamaganda09:16 – 11:00
Gulika Kāla12:44 – 14:27
Varjyam06:24 – 06:46
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:30

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:49 – 07:33 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:33 – 09:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:16 – 11:00 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:00 – 12:44 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:44 – 14:27 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:27 – 16:11 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha16:11 – 17:54 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:54 – 19:38 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:38 – 20:54 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:54 – 22:11 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga22:11 – 23:27 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:27 – 00:44 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:44 – 02:00 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:00 – 03:16 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:16 – 04:33 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:33 – 05:49 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

🌌 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 Year5119 · Kali-5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869501.27 · 5118.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457966.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0986° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)104.02° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 9/30)
🪷 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 (24.0986°) · declination 18.00° · EoT -6.02 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:2017-08-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)