पञ्चाङ्ग — Atlanta, USA · October 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: पाशाङ्कुशा एकादशी — Pāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
Confers strength + wealth + son; equivalent to 1000 Aśvamedha-yajñas.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.74 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाचइत्यहं वासुदेवस्य पार्थस्य च महात्मनः।संवादमिममश्रौषमद्भुतं रोमहर्षणम्।।18.74।।
"18.74 Sanjaya told: "Thus have I heard this rare, wonderful and soul-stirring discourse of the Lord Shri Krishna and the great-souled Arjuna." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.74's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya163.96°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra286.21°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala141.89°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha157.48°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati183.58°TulāCitrā P4
शुक्र Śukra139.15°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani237.99°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:31 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:22 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:21 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:49 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 50 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 09 Mins 05 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:56 – 05:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:32 – 06:31
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta18:10 – 18:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:22 – 18:51
Amṛta Kāla18:07 – 19:52
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:53 – 18:22
Yamaganda12:26 – 13:55
Gulika Kāla15:24 – 16:53
Varjyam07:01 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:41

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:31 – 08:00 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:00 – 09:29 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:29 – 10:58 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:58 – 12:26 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:26 – 13:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:55 – 15:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:24 – 16:53 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:53 – 18:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:22 – 19:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:53 – 21:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:24 – 22:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:55 – 00:26 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:26 – 01:58 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:58 – 03:29 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:29 – 05:00 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:00 – 06:31 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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)1869562.27 · 5118.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458027.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1009° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)122.90° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (24.1009°) · declination -3.20° · EoT 11.17 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:2017-10-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)