पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · April 3, 2028 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.18 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अव्यक्ताद्व्यक्तयः सर्वाः प्रभवन्त्यहरागमे।

रात्र्यागमे प्रलीयन्ते तत्रैवाव्यक्तसंज्ञके।।8.18।।
"8.18 At the dawning of that day all objects in manifestation stream forth from the Unmanifest, and when evening falls they are dissolved into It again." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1435
Malayalam Era: 1204
Nanakshahi: 559
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya349.57°MīnaRevatī P1
चन्द्र Candra82.59°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala346.36°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha339.99°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati145.55°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra34.73°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
शनि Śani4.50°MeṣaAśvinī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:12 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:40 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 12 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 47 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:31 – 05:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:07 – 06:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta18:08 – 18:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:20 – 18:51
Amṛta Kāla18:05 – 19:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:39

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:40 – 09:11
Yamaganda10:43 – 12:14
Gulika Kāla13:46 – 15:17
Varjyam06:39 – 06:58
Dur Muhūrta 08:59 – 09:23

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:08 – 07:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:40 – 09:11 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:11 – 10:43 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:43 – 12:14 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:14 – 13:46 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:46 – 15:17 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:17 – 16:49 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:49 – 18:20 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:20 – 19:49 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:49 – 21:17 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:17 – 22:46 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:46 – 00:14 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:14 – 01:43 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:43 – 03:11 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:11 – 04:40 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:40 – 06:08 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873399.27
Julian Day2461864.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2477°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)95.93°
🪷 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 (24.2477°), declination 5.45°, EoT -3.71 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: 2028-04-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)