पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · January 28, 2004 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.14 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
देवद्विजगुरुप्राज्ञपूजनं शौचमार्जवम्।ब्रह्मचर्यमहिंसा च शारीरं तप उच्यते।।17.14।।
"17.14 Worship of God and the Master; respect for the preacher and the philosopher; purity, rectitude, continence and harmlessness - all this is physical austerity." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.53°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra0.15°MeṣaAśvinī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala1.95°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha261.54°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.14°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra322.14°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani73.64°MithunaĀrdrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:23 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 48 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 11 Mins 28 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:55 – 05:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:30 – 06:29
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:06 – 18:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:18 – 18:47
Amṛta Kāla18:03 – 19:48
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:47

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:24 – 13:52
Yamaganda07:58 – 09:26
Gulika Kāla10:55 – 12:24
Varjyam06:59 – 07:18
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:29 – 07:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:58 – 09:26 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:26 – 10:55 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:55 – 12:24 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:24 – 13:52 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:52 – 15:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:21 – 16:49 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:49 – 18:18 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:18 – 19:49 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:49 – 21:21 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:21 – 22:52 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:52 – 00:24 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:24 – 01:55 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:55 – 03:26 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:26 – 04:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:58 – 06:29 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5105 · Kali-5105
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864567.27 · 5105.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453032.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9099° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)75.58° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 7/30)
🪷 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 (23.9099°) · declination -18.41° · EoT -12.97 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:2004-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)