पञ्चाङ्ग — Atlanta, USA · October 8, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.17 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्ितमान्यः स मे प्रियः।।12.17।।
"12.17 He who is beyond joy and hate, who neither laments nor desires, to whom good and evil fortunes are the same, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya170.55°KanyāHasta P4
चन्द्र Candra138.43°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala101.17°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha194.91°TulāSvātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati116.38°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra193.57°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani346.84°MīnaRevatī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:36 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:13 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:55 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:37 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 36 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 23 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:03 – 05:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:38 – 06:36
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:01 – 18:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:13 – 18:42
Amṛta Kāla17:58 – 19:43
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:48

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:51 – 15:19
Yamaganda06:36 – 08:03
Gulika Kāla09:30 – 10:57
Varjyam07:05 – 07:24
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 Śubha06:36 – 08:03 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:03 – 09:30 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:30 – 10:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:57 – 12:24 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:24 – 13:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:51 – 15:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:19 – 16:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:46 – 18:13 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:13 – 19:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:46 – 21:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:19 – 22:51 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:51 – 00:24 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:24 – 01:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:57 – 03:30 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:30 – 05:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:03 – 06:36 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872856.27
Julian Day2461321.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2269°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)328.78°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.2269°), declination -5.82°, EoT 13.23 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2026-10-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)