पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · April 19, 2020 CE

🪷 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 5.22 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते।

आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः।।5.22।।
"5.22 The joys that spring from external associations bring pain; they have their beginning and their endings. The wise man does not rejoice in them." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya5.32°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra320.99°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala288.97°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha348.68°MīnaRevatī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati272.10°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra48.02°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शनि Śani277.39°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:01 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:13 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:12 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 17 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 42 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:22 – 05:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:59 – 06:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 15:02
Godhūli Muhūrta18:07 – 18:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:19 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla18:04 – 19:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:47 – 18:19
Yamaganda12:10 – 13:42
Gulika Kāla15:14 – 16:47
Varjyam06:32 – 06:51
Dur Muhūrta 08:53 – 09:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:01 – 07:33 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:33 – 09:05 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:05 – 10:38 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:38 – 12:10 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:10 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:42 – 15:14 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:14 – 16:47 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:47 – 18:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:19 – 19:47 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:47 – 21:14 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:14 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:42 – 00:10 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:10 – 01:38 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:38 – 03:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:05 – 04:33 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:33 – 06:01 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870493.27
Julian Day2458958.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1365°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)313.74°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.1365°), declination 11.28°, EoT 0.74 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2020-04-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)