पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · July 28, 2001 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.24 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
पुरोधसां च मुख्यं मां विद्धि पार्थ बृहस्पतिम्।

सेनानीनामहं स्कन्दः सरसामस्मि सागरः।।10.24।।
"10.24 Among the priests, know, O Arjuna, that I am the Apostle Brihaspati; of generals I am Skanda, the Commander-in-Chief, and of waters I am the Ocean." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2058 Jaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1923 Vṛṣa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1408
Malayalam Era: 1177
Nanakshahi: 532
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya101.18°KarkaPuṣya P3
चन्द्र Candra198.81°TulāSvātī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala231.66°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha91.20°KarkaPunarvasu P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati69.32°MithunaĀrdrā P1
शुक्र Śukra60.97°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
शनि Śani47.92°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:04 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:42 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 26 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 33 Mins 43 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:24 – 05:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:01 – 06:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta18:18 – 18:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:30 – 19:01
Amṛta Kāla18:15 – 20:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:42

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:10 – 10:43
Yamaganda13:50 – 15:23
Gulika Kāla06:04 – 07:37
Varjyam06:35 – 06:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:58 – 09:23

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:04 – 07:37 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:37 – 09:10 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:10 – 10:43 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:43 – 12:17 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:17 – 13:50 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:50 – 15:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:23 – 16:57 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:57 – 18:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:30 – 19:57 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:57 – 21:23 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:23 – 22:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:50 – 00:17 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:17 – 01:43 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:43 – 03:10 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:10 – 04:37 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:37 – 06:04 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

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

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Svātī 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 Year5103 · Kali-5103
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863653.27 · 5102.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452118.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8749° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)94.76° · 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 (23.8749°) · declination 19.00° · EoT -6.17 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:2001-07-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)