The living systems of Sanātana Dharma

The Cosmic Atlas

Explore scripture, sacred narrative, astronomical rhythm, symbolic time, contemplative practice, and divine forms as connected fields—not isolated facts.

one field · many lenses
CosmosOrigins & elementsOpen field →
01 · observable rhythm

Lunar Cycle Lab

A visual bridge between the astronomical phase cycle and the traditional thirty-fold tithi model. Values are approximate and intended for learning, not ritual muhurta calculation.

Approximate today

First quarter

50% illuminated · lunar age 7.4 days

Tithi8
PakshaShukla
Cycle29.53 days
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Synodic month measures phase-to-phase Sidereal month measures star-to-star
02 · symbolic deep time

Cosmic Time Observatory

Traditional Puranic time scales are shown as a nested magnitude chart. These are theological-cosmological measures, presented alongside—not as substitutes for—modern scientific chronology.

Traditional Kali Yuga count5,127 yearsApproximate elapsed count using the conventional 3102 BCE epoch
Kali Yuga432,000 yearsThe fourth age in the traditional four-yuga cycle.
Dvapara Yuga864,000 yearsTwice the duration assigned to Kali Yuga.
Treta Yuga1,296,000 yearsThree times the duration assigned to Kali Yuga.
Satya Yuga1,728,000 yearsFour times the duration assigned to Kali Yuga.
Mahayuga4,320,000 yearsOne complete sequence of the four yugas.
Manvantara306,720,000 yearsSeventy-one Mahayugas, shown without transitional sandhyas.
Kalpa4,320,000,000 yearsA day of Brahma: one thousand Mahayugas.
03 · source literacy

The River of Texts

Follow the broad relationships among revealed corpus, remembered literature, study disciplines, philosophy, and living interpretation. Categories overlap across traditions; the diagram is an orientation tool.

04 · diagram literacy

Kundli Anatomy Lab

Learn what a twelve-house chart is designed to organize before interpreting one. This interactive sample teaches structure only; it does not calculate a birth chart or make predictions.

Bhava 1

Self

Identity, embodiment, orientation

A rashi (sign), bhava (house), graha, and nakshatra are different layers. Responsible interpretation keeps those layers distinct and states its tradition and calculation method.

05 · contemplative sound

Mantra Meaning Lens

Choose a learning intention to explore a traditional mantra, its meaning, textual or devotional context, and a small practice. This is education—not diagnosis, fortune-telling, or a guaranteed remedy.

Saraswati devotional tradition

ॐ ऐं सरस्वत्यै नमः

oṁ aiṁ sarasvatyai namaḥ

Meaning lens

A traditional salutation to Saraswati, approached as learning and lucid expression.

Try this

Repeat slowly, then spend two silent minutes naming the question you are actually studying.

Open the Nepali Fukne Mantra cultural library →
06 · a balanced life

Four Aims, One Life

The Purusharthas offer a way to think about responsibility, material support, human enjoyment, and liberation without reducing life to one dimension.

01Responsibility

Dharma

Ask what sustains relationship, justice, and the wider whole.

02Resources

Artha

Build the material capacity needed for a stable, useful life.

03Delight

Kama

Value beauty, affection, and pleasure without allowing them to dominate.

04Freedom

Moksha

Cultivate insight into the self beyond possession and compulsion.

Daily

Study a small passage · keep one promise · offer one act of service · make room for silence

Educational guidance only
29 profiles

Deity Atlas

Meet Vedic, Vaishnava, Shaiva, Shakta, epic, and Puranic divine forms through symbols, stories, source trails, and reflection.

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24 narratives

Story Constellation

Travel through Vedic hymns, Upanishadic dialogues, the epics, Puranas, and Bhakti memory without flattening their differences.

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How to read this atlas

Terms and stories vary across regions, languages, recensions, and sampradayas. We identify textual families, separate astronomy from symbolic cosmology, and avoid presenting one tradition’s interpretation as the only Hindu view.

Primary and institutional gateways

Continue with the sources

Vedic Heritage PortalGovernment of India Vedic corpus and learning resourcesGita SupersiteIIT Kanpur editions, translations, and commentariesValmiki RamayanaSearchable text, meanings, and sarga structureNASA lunar orbit guideAstronomical grounding for phase and orbital cycles