पञ्चाङ्ग — Atlanta, USA · January 20, 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.60 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः।

इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः।।2.60।।
"2.60 O Arjuna! The mind of him, who is trying to conquer it, is forcibly carried away in spite of his efforts, by his tumultuous senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.60's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya275.81°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra308.17°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala211.59°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
बुध Budha258.03°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati205.50°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra278.14°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani249.31°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:41 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:56 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:49 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:24 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:32 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 15 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 44 Mins 51 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:19 – 07:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:50 – 07:41
Abhijit Muhūrta12:28 – 13:09
Vijaya Muhūrta14:31 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta17:44 – 18:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:56 – 18:22
Amṛta Kāla17:41 – 19:26
Niśīta Muhūrta00:28 – 01:09

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:15 – 11:32
Yamaganda14:05 – 15:22
Gulika Kāla07:41 – 08:58
Varjyam08:07 – 08:23
Dur Muhūrta 10:04 – 10:25

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:41 – 08:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:58 – 10:15 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:15 – 11:32 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:32 – 12:49 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:49 – 14:05 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:05 – 15:22 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:22 – 16:39 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:39 – 17:56 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:56 – 19:39 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:39 – 21:22 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:22 – 23:05 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:05 – 00:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:49 – 02:32 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:32 – 04:15 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:15 – 05:58 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:58 – 07:41 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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)1869673.27 · 5119.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458138.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1052° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)34.91° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (24.1052°) · declination -20.17° · EoT -10.96 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:2018-01-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)