पञ्चाङ्ग — Atlanta, USA · May 8, 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: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.11 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि।

योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वाऽऽत्मशुद्धये।।5.11।।
"5.11 The sage performs his action dispassionately, using his body, mind and intellect, and even his senses, always as a means of purification." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya23.31°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra292.84°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala272.26°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha357.62°MīnaRevatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati204.21°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra51.82°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शनि Śani254.59°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:42 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:26 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:13 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:52 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 43 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 16 Mins 57 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:53 – 04:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:34 – 05:42
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:51 – 15:46
Godhūli Muhūrta19:14 – 19:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:26 – 20:00
Amṛta Kāla19:11 – 20:56
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 01:01

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:00 – 17:43
Yamaganda09:08 – 10:51
Gulika Kāla12:34 – 14:17
Varjyam06:17 – 06:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:22

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:42 – 07:25 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:25 – 09:08 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:08 – 10:51 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:51 – 12:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:34 – 14:17 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:17 – 16:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha16:00 – 17:43 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:43 – 19:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:26 – 20:43 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:43 – 22:00 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga22:00 – 23:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:17 – 00:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:34 – 01:51 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:51 – 03:08 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:08 – 04:25 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:25 – 05:42 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5120 · Kali-5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869781.27 · 5119.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458246.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1093° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)271.50° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (24.1093°) · declination 17.03° · EoT 3.58 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:2018-05-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)