पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · March 29, 2002 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: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.17 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यस्य नाहंकृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते।हत्वापि स इमाँल्लोकान्न हन्ति न निबध्यते।।18.17।।
"18.17 He who has no pride, and whose intellect is unalloyed by attachment, even though he kill these people, yet he does not kill them, and his act does not bind him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya344.30°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra168.20°KanyāHasta P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala25.34°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
बुध Budha334.93°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati72.84°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शुक्र Śukra2.12°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शनि Śani46.20°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:11 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:32 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 09 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 50 Mins 07 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:34 – 05:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:10 – 06:11
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta18:09 – 18:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:21 – 18:51
Amṛta Kāla18:06 – 19:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:40

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:45 – 12:16
Yamaganda15:18 – 16:50
Gulika Kāla07:42 – 09:13
Varjyam06:41 – 07:01
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:26

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:11 – 07:42 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:42 – 09:13 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:13 – 10:45 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:45 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:16 – 13:47 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:47 – 15:18 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:18 – 16:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:50 – 18:21 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:21 – 19:50 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:50 – 21:18 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:18 – 22:47 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:47 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:16 – 01:45 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:45 – 03:13 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:13 – 04:42 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:42 – 06:11 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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)1863897.27 · 5103.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452362.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8843° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)183.71° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (23.8843°) · declination 3.25° · EoT -5.30 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:2002-03-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)