पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · January 6, 1998 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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🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.10 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
असक्ितरनभिष्वङ्गः पुत्रदारगृहादिषु।नित्यं च समचित्तत्वमिष्टानिष्टोपपत्तिषु।।13.10।।
"13.10 Indifference, non-attachment to sex, progeny or home, equanimity in good fortune and in bad;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya261.68°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra357.45°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala290.93°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha238.59°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati299.48°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra277.97°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani350.07°MīnaRevatī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:09 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:46 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 44 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 15 Mins 51 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:50 – 05:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:26 – 06:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta17:57 – 18:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:09 – 18:38
Amṛta Kāla17:54 – 19:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:40

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:12 – 16:40
Yamaganda09:20 – 10:48
Gulika Kāla12:16 – 13:44
Varjyam06:54 – 07:12
Dur Muhūrta 09:09 – 09:32

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:24 – 07:52 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:52 – 09:20 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:20 – 10:48 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:48 – 12:16 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:16 – 13:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:44 – 15:12 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:12 – 16:40 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:40 – 18:09 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:09 – 19:40 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:40 – 21:12 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:12 – 22:44 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:44 – 00:16 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:16 – 01:48 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:48 – 03:20 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:20 – 04:52 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:52 – 06:24 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862354.27 · 5099.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450819.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8253° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)95.18° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (23.8253°) · declination -22.54° · EoT -5.88 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:1998-01-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)