पञ्चाङ्ग — Atlanta, USA · April 30, 2031 CE

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वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 2.1 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga

सञ्जय उवाच

तं तथा कृपयाऽविष्टमश्रुपूर्णाकुलेक्षणम्।

विषीदन्तमिदं वाक्यमुवाच मधुसूदनः।।2.1।।

"2.1 Sanjaya then told how the Lord Shri Krishna, seeing Arjuna overwhelmed with compassion, his eyes dimmed with flowing tears and full of despondency, consoled him:" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 2.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2088 Raktākṣī

Śaka Saṁvat: 1953 Virodhakṛt

Bengali Saṁvat: 1438

Malayalam Era: 1207

Nanakshahi: 562

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	15.23°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra	107.79°	Karka	Aśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	200.69°	Tulā	Viśākhā P1
बुध Budha	348.21°	Mīna	Revatī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	244.38°	Dhanu	Mūla P2
शुक्र Śukra	57.32°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P2
शनि Śani	43.64°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:50 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:19 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:35 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	11:54 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	01:36 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 28 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 31 Mins 02 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:02 – 04:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:43 – 05:50
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:08 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:50 – 15:44
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:07 – 19:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:19 – 19:53
Amṛta Kāla	19:04 – 20:49
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:08 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	12:35 – 14:16
Yamaganda	07:31 – 09:13
Gulika Kāla	10:54 – 12:35
Varjyam	06:24 – 06:46
Dur Muhūrta	08:59 – 09:26

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha	05:50 – 07:31 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	07:31 – 09:13 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	09:13 – 10:54 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:54 – 12:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	12:35 – 14:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	14:16 – 15:57 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	15:57 – 17:38 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	17:38 – 19:19 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	19:19 – 20:38 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	20:38 – 21:57 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	21:57 – 23:16 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	23:16 – 00:35 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	00:35 – 01:54 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:54 – 03:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	03:13 – 04:31 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	04:31 – 05:50 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 33.749°

Longitude: -84.388°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5133
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1874521.27
Julian Day	2462986.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2906°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	94.78°

🪷 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 (24.2906°), declination 14.66°, 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: 2031-04-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)