पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · April 21, 2024 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 7.7 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga🪷 Mattaḥ Parataraṁ Nānyat · Krishna IS the thread
मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय।

मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव।।7.7।।
"7.7 O Arjuna! There is nothing higher than Me; all is strung upon Me as rows of pearls upon a thread." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya7.24°MeṣaAśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra154.79°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala328.05°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha352.41°MīnaRevatī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati27.65°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
शुक्र Śukra355.11°MīnaRevatī P3
शनि Śani321.62°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:00 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:02 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 18 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 41 Mins 19 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:22 – 05:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:58 – 06:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 15:02
Godhūli Muhūrta18:07 – 18:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:19 – 18:49
Amṛta Kāla18:04 – 19:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:46 – 18:19
Yamaganda12:09 – 13:42
Gulika Kāla15:14 – 16:46
Varjyam06:31 – 06:51
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:17

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:00 – 07:32 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:32 – 09:05 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:05 – 10:37 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:37 – 12:09 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:09 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:42 – 15:14 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:14 – 16:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:46 – 18:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:19 – 19:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:46 – 21:14 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:14 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:42 – 00:09 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:09 – 01:37 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:37 – 03:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:05 – 04:32 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:32 – 06:00 (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 Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871956.27
Julian Day2460421.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1925°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)146.13°
🪷 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 (24.1925°), declination 11.97°, EoT 1.19 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: 2024-04-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)