पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · April 24, 2014 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.23 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यदि ह्यहं न वर्तेयं जातु कर्मण्यतन्द्रितः।

मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः।।3.23।।
"3.23 For were I not to act without ceasing, O prince, people would be glad to do likewise." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya9.74°MeṣaAśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra302.38°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala169.07°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha6.98°MeṣaAśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati79.25°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra325.62°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani206.96°TulāViśākhā 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)01:43 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 19 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 40 Mins 29 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:20 – 05:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:57 – 05:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta18:07 – 18:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:19 – 18:49
Amṛta Kāla18:04 – 19:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:33

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:41 – 15:14
Yamaganda05:59 – 07:31
Gulika Kāla09:04 – 10:36
Varjyam06:30 – 06:50
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:16

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:59 – 07:31 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:31 – 09:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:04 – 10:36 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:36 – 12:09 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:09 – 13:41 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:41 – 15:14 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:14 – 16:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:46 – 18:19 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:19 – 19:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:46 – 21:14 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:14 – 22:41 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:41 – 00:09 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:09 – 01:36 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:36 – 03:04 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:04 – 04:31 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:31 – 05:59 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5116 · Kali-5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868306.27 · 5115.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456771.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0529° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)293.32° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 25/30)
🪷 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 (24.0529°) · declination 12.78° · EoT 1.80 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:2014-04-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)