पञ्चाङ्ग — Atlanta, USA · January 10, 2018 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.50 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते।

तस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व योगः कर्मसु कौशलम्।।2.50।।
"2.50 When a man attains to Pure Reason, he renounces in this world the results of good and evil alike. Cling thou to Right Action. Spirituality is the real art of living." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.50's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya265.63°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra188.49°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala205.39°TulāViśākhā P2
बुध Budha244.02°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati204.06°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra265.56°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani248.19°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:43 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:47 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:45 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:07 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:06 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 03 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 56 Mins 15 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:23 – 07:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:53 – 07:43
Abhijit Muhūrta12:25 – 13:05
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta17:35 – 17:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:47 – 18:12
Amṛta Kāla17:32 – 19:17
Niśīta Muhūrta00:25 – 01:05

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:45 – 14:01
Yamaganda08:59 – 10:14
Gulika Kāla11:30 – 12:45
Varjyam08:08 – 08:24
Dur Muhūrta 10:04 – 10:24

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:43 – 08:59 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:59 – 10:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:14 – 11:30 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:30 – 12:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:45 – 14:01 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:01 – 15:16 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:16 – 16:31 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:31 – 17:47 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:47 – 19:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:31 – 21:16 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:16 – 23:01 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:01 – 00:45 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:45 – 02:30 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:30 – 04:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:14 – 05:59 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:59 – 07:43 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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)1869663.27 · 5119.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458128.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1048° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)279.81° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 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 (24.1048°) · declination -21.99° · EoT -7.50 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:2018-01-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)