पञ्चाङ्ग — Atlanta, USA · August 31, 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: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.43 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शौर्यं तेजो धृतिर्दाक्ष्यं युद्धे चाप्यपलायनम्।दानमीश्वरभावश्च क्षात्रं कर्म स्वभावजम्।।18.43।।
"18.43 Valour, glory, firmness, skill, generosity, steadiness in battle and ability to rule - these constitute the duty of a soldier. They flow from his own nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.43's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya133.74°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra242.27°DhanuMūla P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala122.24°SiṃhaMaghā P1
बुध Budha126.12°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.40°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra101.46°KarkaPuṣya P3
शनि Śani236.95°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:10 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:05 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:37 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:55 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:48 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 54 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 05 Mins 18 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:27 – 05:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:05 – 06:10
Abhijit Muhūrta12:12 – 13:03
Vijaya Muhūrta14:47 – 15:38
Godhūli Muhūrta18:53 – 19:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:05 – 19:37
Amṛta Kāla18:50 – 20:35
Niśīta Muhūrta00:12 – 01:03

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:14 – 15:51
Yamaganda06:10 – 07:47
Gulika Kāla09:24 – 11:01
Varjyam06:42 – 07:03
Dur Muhūrta 09:11 – 09:37

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:10 – 07:47 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:47 – 09:24 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:24 – 11:01 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:01 – 12:37 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:37 – 14:14 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:14 – 15:51 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:51 – 17:28 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:28 – 19:05 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:05 – 20:28 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:28 – 21:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:51 – 23:14 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:14 – 00:37 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:37 – 02:01 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:01 – 03:24 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:24 – 04:47 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:47 – 06:10 (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)1869531.27 · 5118.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457996.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0998° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)108.19° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (24.0998°) · declination 8.63° · EoT 0.15 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:2017-08-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)