पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · April 23, 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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Also observed today
- वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional
- मोहिनी एकादशी · Mohinī EkādaśīVaishnava
- एकादशी · EkādaśīVaishnava
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.42 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शमो दमस्तपः शौचं क्षान्तिरार्जवमेव च।ज्ञानं विज्ञानमास्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम्।।18.42।।
"18.42 Serenity, self-restraint, austerity, purity, forgiveness, as well as uprightness, knowledge, wisdom and faith in God - these constitute the duty of a spiritual Teacher." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1 |
| योग (Yoga) | Vṛddhi |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Vaṇija |
| वार (Vāra) | Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 8.84° | Meṣa | Aśvinī P3 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 131.81° | Siṃha | Maghā P4 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 42.45° | Vṛṣabha | Rohiṇī P1 |
| बुध Budha | 25.02° | Meṣa | Bharaṇī P4 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 75.74° | Mithuna | Ārdrā P3 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 32.82° | Vṛṣabha | Kṛttikā P2 |
| शनि Śani | 48.64° | Vṛṣabha | Rohiṇī P3 |
☀️ Colombo, Sri Lanka — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 05:59 IST |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 18:19 IST |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 12:09 IST |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 14:14 IST |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 02:28 IST |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 12 Hours 19 Mins 08 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 11 Hours 40 Mins 52 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 04:21 – 05:10 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 04:58 – 05:59 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:44 – 12:34 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 14:12 – 15:01 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 18:07 – 18:31 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 18:19 – 18:49 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 18:04 – 19:49 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:44 – 00:34 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 15:14 – 16:46 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 09:04 – 10:37 |
| Gulika Kāla | 12:09 – 13:41 |
| Varjyam | 06:30 – 06:50 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:52 – 09:16 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik 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
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Roga | 05:59 – 07:32 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Udveg | 07:32 – 09:04 (inauspicious) |
| Day-3 Chala | 09:04 – 10:37 (neutral) |
| Day-4 Labha | 10:37 – 12:09 (auspicious) |
| Day-5 Amṛta | 12:09 – 13:41 (auspicious) |
| Day-6 Kāla | 13:41 – 15:14 (inauspicious) |
| Day-7 Śubha | 15:14 – 16:46 (auspicious) |
| Day-8 Roga | 16:46 – 18:19 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Kāla | 18:19 – 19:46 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Śubha | 19:46 – 21:14 (auspicious) |
| Night-3 Roga | 21:14 – 22:41 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Udveg | 22:41 – 00:09 (inauspicious) |
| Night-5 Chala | 00:09 – 01:37 (neutral) |
| Night-6 Labha | 01:37 – 03:04 (auspicious) |
| Night-7 Amṛta | 03:04 – 04:32 (auspicious) |
| Night-8 Kāla | 04:32 – 05:59 (inauspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 6.9271°
Longitude: 79.8612°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).
🌌 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 Year | 5104 · Kali-5104 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1863922.27 · 5103.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2452387.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.8852° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 125.83° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30) |
🪷 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 (23.8852°) · declination 12.42° · EoT 1.60 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:2002-04-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)