पञ्चाङ्ग — Atlanta, USA · December 8, 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: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.17 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।

विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित् कर्तुमर्हति।।2.17।।
"2.17 The Spirit, which pervades all that we see, is imperishable. Nothing can destroy the Spirit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya232.03°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra113.01°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala184.76°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha243.06°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati198.14°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra224.05°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani244.32°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:31 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:30 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:48 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:20 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 59 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 00 Mins 55 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:11 – 06:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:41 – 07:31
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta17:18 – 17:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:30 – 17:55
Amṛta Kāla17:15 – 19:00
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:15 – 12:30
Yamaganda15:00 – 16:15
Gulika Kāla08:46 – 10:00
Varjyam07:56 – 08:12
Dur Muhūrta 09:50 – 10:10

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Chala07:31 – 08:46 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:46 – 10:00 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:00 – 11:15 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:15 – 12:30 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:30 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:45 – 15:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:00 – 16:15 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:15 – 17:30 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:30 – 19:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:15 – 21:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:00 – 22:45 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:45 – 00:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:30 – 02:15 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:15 – 04:00 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:00 – 05:46 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:46 – 07:31 (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 Year5119 · Kali-5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869630.27 · 5118.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458095.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1035° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)237.61° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (24.1035°) · declination -22.71° · EoT 7.30 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:2017-12-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)