पञ्चाङ्ग — Atlanta, USA · January 29, 2028 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.30 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यो मां पश्यति सर्वत्र सर्वं च मयि पश्यति।

तस्याहं न प्रणश्यामि स च मे न प्रणश्यति।।6.30।।
"6.30 He who sees Me in everything and everything in Me, him shall I never forsake, nor shall he lose Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1435
Malayalam Era: 1204
Nanakshahi: 559
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya284.39°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra310.29°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala295.34°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha293.11°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati152.64°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra324.26°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani357.97°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:37 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:51 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:58 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:11 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 27 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 32 Mins 17 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:13 – 06:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:45 – 07:37
Abhijit Muhūrta12:30 – 13:12
Vijaya Muhūrta14:35 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:31
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta00:30 – 01:12

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:14 – 11:32
Yamaganda14:09 – 15:28
Gulika Kāla07:37 – 08:55
Varjyam08:03 – 08:20
Dur Muhūrta 10:03 – 10:24

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:37 – 08:55 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:55 – 10:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:14 – 11:32 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:32 – 12:51 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:51 – 14:09 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:09 – 15:28 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:28 – 16:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:46 – 18:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:05 – 19:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:46 – 21:28 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:28 – 23:09 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:09 – 00:51 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:51 – 02:32 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:32 – 04:14 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:14 – 05:55 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:55 – 07:37 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873334.27
Julian Day2461799.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2452°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)28.99°
🪷 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 (24.2452°), declination -18.10°, EoT -13.17 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: 2028-01-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)