पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · March 20, 1952 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.24 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
तस्माच्छास्त्रं प्रमाणं ते कार्याकार्यव्यवस्थितौ।ज्ञात्वा शास्त्रविधानोक्तं कर्म कर्तुमिहार्हसि।।16.24।।
"16.24 Therefore whenever there is doubt whether thou shouldst do a thing or not, let the scriptures guide thy conduct. In the light of the scriptures shouldst thou labour the whole of thy life."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2009 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1874 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1359
Malayalam Era: 1128
Nanakshahi: 483
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya336.19°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra258.31°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala205.70°TulāViśākhā P2
बुध Budha355.22°MīnaRevatī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati357.90°MīnaRevatī P4
शुक्र Śukra311.75°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शनि Śani169.74°KanyāHasta P3

☀️ Colombo, Sri Lanka — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:15 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:58 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 06 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 53 Mins 32 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:39 – 05:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:15 – 06:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta18:10 – 18:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:22 – 18:52
Amṛta Kāla18:07 – 19:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:50 – 15:20
Yamaganda06:15 – 07:46
Gulika Kāla09:17 – 10:48
Varjyam06:46 – 07:05
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:29

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:15 – 07:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:46 – 09:17 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:17 – 10:48 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:48 – 12:19 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:19 – 13:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:50 – 15:20 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:20 – 16:51 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:51 – 18:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:22 – 19:51 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:51 – 21:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:20 – 22:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:50 – 00:19 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:19 – 01:48 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:48 – 03:17 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:17 – 04:46 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:46 – 06:15 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 6.9271°
Longitude: 79.8612°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

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

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5053 · Kali-5053
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1845626.27 · 5053.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2434091.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.1855° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)284.11° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.1855°) · declination -0.25° · EoT -8.15 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1952-03-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)