पञ्चाङ्ग — Atlanta, USA · December 18, 2026 CE

Also observed today

धनु सङ्क्रान्ति · Dhanu SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 15.6 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga

न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः।यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम।।15.6।।

"15.6 Neither sun, moon, nor fire shines there. Those who go thither never come back. For, O Arjuna, that is my Celestial Home!" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 15.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī

Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava

Bengali Saṁvat: 1433

Malayalam Era: 1202

Nanakshahi: 557

Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	241.88°	Dhanu	Mūla P1
चन्द्र Candra	341.34°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	132.67°	Siṃha	Maghā P4
बुध Budha	233.29°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	122.53°	Siṃha	Maghā P1
शुक्र Śukra	195.77°	Tulā	Svātī P3
शनि Śani	343.80°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:37 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:32 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:35 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	13:04 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	01:21 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 54 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 05 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	06:18 – 06:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:48 – 07:37
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:15 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:14 – 14:54
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:20 – 17:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:32 – 17:57
Amṛta Kāla	17:17 – 19:02
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:15 – 00:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	11:20 – 12:35
Yamaganda	15:03 – 16:18
Gulika Kāla	08:52 – 10:06
Varjyam	08:02 – 08:18
Dur Muhūrta	09:56 – 10:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	07:37 – 08:52 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	08:52 – 10:06 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	10:06 – 11:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	11:20 – 12:35 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	12:35 – 13:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:49 – 15:03 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	15:03 – 16:18 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	16:18 – 17:32 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	17:32 – 19:18 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	19:18 – 21:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	21:03 – 22:49 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:49 – 00:35 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	00:35 – 02:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	02:20 – 04:06 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	04:06 – 05:52 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	05:52 – 07:37 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 33.749°

Longitude: -84.388°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1872927.27
Julian Day	2461392.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2296°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	103.21°

🪷 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 (24.2296°), declination -23.38°, EoT 2.79 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: 2026-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)