पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · March 15, 2013 CE

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🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.24 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
नभःस्पृशं दीप्तमनेकवर्णं

व्यात्ताननं दीप्तविशालनेत्रम्।

दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा

धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो।।11.24।।
"11.24 When I see Thee, touching the Heavens, glowing with colour, with open mouth and wide open fiery eyes, I am terrified. O My Lord! My courage and peace of mind desert me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya330.58°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra8.90°MeṣaAśvinī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala337.95°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha311.88°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati44.86°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra326.96°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani196.74°TulāSvātī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:23 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:02 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 04 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 55 Mins 22 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:41 – 05:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:18 – 06:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:11 – 18:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:23 – 18:53
Amṛta Kāla18:08 – 19:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:44

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:50 – 12:20
Yamaganda15:21 – 16:52
Gulika Kāla07:48 – 09:19
Varjyam06:48 – 07:07
Dur Muhūrta 09:07 – 09:31

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:18 – 07:48 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:48 – 09:19 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:19 – 10:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:50 – 12:20 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:20 – 13:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:51 – 15:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:21 – 16:52 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:52 – 18:23 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:23 – 19:52 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:52 – 21:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:21 – 22:51 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:51 – 00:20 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:20 – 01:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:50 – 03:19 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:19 – 04:48 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:48 – 06:18 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturthī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

🌌 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 Year5114 · Kali-5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867901.27 · 5114.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456366.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0374° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)40.17° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (24.0374°) · declination -2.14° · EoT -9.65 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:2013-03-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)