पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · April 29, 2023 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 18.7 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते।मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः।।18.7।।
"18.7 It is not right to give up actions which are obligatory; and if they are misunderstood, it is the result of sheer ignorance." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya14.31°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra116.93°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala83.43°MithunaPunarvasu P2
बुध Budha18.84°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati1.72°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शुक्र Śukra56.01°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani311.16°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:57 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:49 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:08 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 21 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 38 Mins 50 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:19 – 05:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:56 – 05:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta18:06 – 18:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:18 – 18:49
Amṛta Kāla18:03 – 19:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:33

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:03 – 10:35
Yamaganda13:41 – 15:13
Gulika Kāla05:57 – 07:30
Varjyam06:28 – 06:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (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 · 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 · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:57 – 07:30 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:30 – 09:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:03 – 10:35 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:35 – 12:08 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:08 – 13:41 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:41 – 15:13 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:13 – 16:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:46 – 18:18 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:18 – 19:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:46 – 21:13 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:13 – 22:41 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:41 – 00:08 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:08 – 01:35 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:35 – 03:03 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:03 – 04:30 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:30 – 05:57 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871598.27
Julian Day2460063.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1788°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)102.48°
🪷 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 (24.1788°), declination 14.33°, EoT 2.64 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: 2023-04-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)