पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · April 7, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: पापमोचनी एकादशी — Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī
Removes mahā-pātakas (great sins).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.8 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम्।अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम्।।16.8।।
"16.8 They say the universe is an accident with no purpose and no God. Life is created by sexual union, a product of lust and nothing else." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya353.30°MīnaRevatī P2
चन्द्र Candra295.34°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala55.67°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
बुध Budha340.71°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati300.22°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra356.00°MīnaRevatī P3
शनि Śani287.69°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:06 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 13 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 46 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:29 – 05:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:05 – 06:06
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta18:08 – 18:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:20 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla18:05 – 19:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:13 – 13:45
Yamaganda07:38 – 09:10
Gulika Kāla10:41 – 12:13
Varjyam06:37 – 06:56
Dur Muhūrta 08:57 – 09:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:06 – 07:38 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:38 – 09:10 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:10 – 10:41 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:41 – 12:13 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:13 – 13:45 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:45 – 15:16 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:16 – 16:48 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:48 – 18:20 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:20 – 19:48 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:48 – 21:16 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:16 – 22:45 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:45 – 00:13 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:13 – 01:41 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:41 – 03:10 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:10 – 04:38 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:38 – 06:06 (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

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870846.27
Julian Day2459311.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1500°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)300.24°
🪷 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 (24.1500°), declination 6.85°, EoT -2.49 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: 2021-04-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)