पञ्चाङ्ग — Atlanta, USA · August 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.22 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्तु कृत्स्नवदेकस्मिन्कार्ये सक्तमहैतुकम्।अतत्त्वार्थवदल्पं च तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।18.22।।
"18.22 But that which clings blindly to one idea as if it were all, without logic, truth or insight, that has its origin in Darkness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya113.53°KarkaAśleṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra320.27°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala108.85°KarkaAśleṣā P1
बुध Budha137.03°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati173.86°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra76.59°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शनि Śani237.12°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:56 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:30 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:43 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:43 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:16 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 34 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 25 Mins 48 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:07 – 05:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:48 – 05:56
Abhijit Muhūrta12:15 – 13:10
Vijaya Muhūrta14:58 – 15:53
Godhūli Muhūrta19:18 – 19:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:30 – 20:04
Amṛta Kāla19:15 – 21:00
Niśīta Muhūrta00:15 – 01:10

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:24 – 16:06
Yamaganda05:56 – 07:37
Gulika Kāla09:19 – 11:01
Varjyam06:29 – 06:51
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:33

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:56 – 07:37 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:37 – 09:19 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:19 – 11:01 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:01 – 12:43 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:43 – 14:24 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:24 – 16:06 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:06 – 17:48 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:48 – 19:30 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:30 – 20:48 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:48 – 22:06 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:06 – 23:24 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:24 – 00:43 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:43 – 02:01 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:01 – 03:19 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:19 – 04:37 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:37 – 05:56 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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)1869510.27 · 5118.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457975.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0990° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)207.63° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (24.0990°) · declination 15.55° · EoT -5.06 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:2017-08-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)