पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · August 28, 2040 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: बलराम जयन्ती — Balarāma Jayantī (Hala-Ṣaṣṭhī)
Birth of Bala-deva, Krishna's elder brother and Saṅkarṣaṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.29 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
बुद्धेर्भेदं धृतेश्चैव गुणतस्त्रिविधं श्रृणु।प्रोच्यमानमशेषेण पृथक्त्वेन धनञ्जय।।18.29।।
"18.29 Reason and conviction are threefold, according to the Quality which is dominant. I will explain them fully and severally, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.29's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2097 Śrīmukha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1962 Raudra
Bengali Saṁvat: 1447
Malayalam Era: 1216
Nanakshahi: 571
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya130.95°SiṃhaMaghā P4
चन्द्र Candra24.43°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala163.63°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha143.90°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati159.25°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra154.46°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani165.08°KanyāHasta P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:03 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:54 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 16 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 43 Mins 50 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:25 – 05:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:02 – 06:03
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:03
Godhūli Muhūrta18:07 – 18:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:19 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla18:04 – 19:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:36

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:15 – 16:47
Yamaganda09:07 – 10:39
Gulika Kāla12:11 – 13:43
Varjyam06:34 – 06:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:20

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:03 – 07:35 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:35 – 09:07 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:07 – 10:39 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:39 – 12:11 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:11 – 13:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:43 – 15:15 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:15 – 16:47 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:47 – 18:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:19 – 19:47 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:47 – 21:15 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:15 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:43 – 00:11 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:11 – 01:39 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:39 – 03:07 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:07 – 04:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:35 – 06:03 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5142 · Kali-5142
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1877929.27 · 5141.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2466394.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.4209° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)251.97° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.4209°) · declination 9.54° · EoT -0.81 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2040-08-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)