पञ्चाङ्ग — Atlanta, USA · July 17, 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.5 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम्।

जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत्।।7.5।।
"7.5 This is My inferior Nature; but distinct from this, O Valiant One, know thou that my Superior Nature is the very Life which sustains the universe." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya90.33°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra144.96°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala282.39°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha115.92°KarkaAśleṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.17°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra133.34°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani250.24°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:39 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:48 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:43 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:07 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:36 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 09 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 50 Mins 44 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:45 – 04:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:28 – 05:39
Abhijit Muhūrta12:15 – 13:12
Vijaya Muhūrta15:05 – 16:01
Godhūli Muhūrta19:36 – 20:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:48 – 20:23
Amṛta Kāla19:33 – 21:18
Niśīta Muhūrta00:15 – 01:12

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:16 – 18:02
Yamaganda09:11 – 10:57
Gulika Kāla12:43 – 14:29
Varjyam06:14 – 06:37
Dur Muhūrta 08:57 – 09:25

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:39 – 07:25 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:25 – 09:11 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:11 – 10:57 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:57 – 12:43 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:43 – 14:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:29 – 16:16 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha16:16 – 18:02 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga18:02 – 19:48 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:48 – 21:02 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha21:02 – 22:16 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga22:16 – 23:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:29 – 00:43 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:43 – 01:57 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:57 – 03:11 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:11 – 04:25 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:25 – 05:39 (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 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)1869851.27 · 5119.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458316.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1120° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)52.07° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 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 (24.1120°) · declination 21.23° · EoT -5.77 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:2018-07-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)