पञ्चाङ्ग — Atlanta, USA · August 5, 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
?format=json (for AI agents · structured JSON envelope)
🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.24 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
अव्यक्तं व्यक्ितमापन्नं मन्यन्ते मामबुद्धयः।

परं भावमजानन्तो ममाव्ययमनुत्तमम्।।7.24।।
"7.24 The ignorant think of Me, who am the Unmanifested Spirit, as if I were really in human form. They do not understand that My Superior Nature is changeless and most excellent." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya108.49°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra21.94°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala277.42°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha115.26°KarkaAśleṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati200.07°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra153.65°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani249.13°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:52 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:35 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:43 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:08 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:46 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 43 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 16 Mins 59 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:02 – 04:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:43 – 05:52
Abhijit Muhūrta12:16 – 13:11
Vijaya Muhūrta15:00 – 15:55
Godhūli Muhūrta19:23 – 19:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:35 – 20:09
Amṛta Kāla19:20 – 21:05
Niśīta Muhūrta00:16 – 01:11

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:52 – 19:35
Yamaganda12:43 – 14:26
Gulika Kāla16:09 – 17:52
Varjyam06:26 – 06:48
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:31

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:52 – 07:35 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:35 – 09:17 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:17 – 11:00 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:00 – 12:43 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:43 – 14:26 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:26 – 16:09 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga16:09 – 17:52 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:52 – 19:35 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:35 – 20:52 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:52 – 22:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg22:09 – 23:26 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:26 – 00:43 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:43 – 02:00 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:00 – 03:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:17 – 04:35 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:35 – 05:52 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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)1869870.27 · 5119.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458335.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1127° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)277.09° · 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 (24.1127°) · declination 17.02° · EoT -5.70 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:2018-08-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)