Rāma Navamī
Appearance of Śrī Rāma
Sunday, 13 April 2008
From the pañchāṅga
How to keep the fast
A fast is kept through the morning, the Rāmāyaṇa is read, and worship is offered at madhyāhna, noon, the hour of Rāma’s birth.
Breaking the fast, Broken after the midday (madhyāhna) worship.
Meṣa Saṅkrānti
The Sun enters Meṣa
Sunday, 13 April 2008
The Sun crosses at 6:29 PM, your local time
The Sun enters Meṣa (Aries), the first sign of the zodiac, and the solar year begins again. Across the south and east this is the solar New Year, Viṣu in Kerala, Puthāṇḍu in Tamil Nadu, Vaiśākhī in the Punjab, Poila Boishakh in Bengal, Bohag Bihu in Assam, one transit kept under many names.
What is done, In Kerala the first thing seen on waking is the Viṣukkaṇi, an arrangement of auspicious things laid out the night before; elsewhere the day is kept with bathing, charity, and the new-year feast.
Sunday, 13 April (today, in the ancient reckoning)
- Cosmic Time
अद्य · श्वेतवराह कल्पे · वैवस्वत मन्वन्तरे · कलियुगे प्रथम पादे
adya · śveta-varāha kalpe · vaivasvata manvantare · kali-yuge prathama pāde
- Calendrical Time
शालिवाहन शके १९३० · सर्वधारी संवत्सरे · उत्तरायणे · वसन्त ऋतौ
śālivāhana śake 1930 · Sarvadhārī saṁvatsare · Uttarāyaṇe · Vasanta ṛtau
- Astronomical Limb (Pañcāṅga) · पञ्चाङ्ग कालः
वैशाख मासे · शुक्ल पक्षे · अष्टमी तिथौ · भानु वासरे · पुनर्वसु नक्षत्रे · सुकर्म योगे · बव करणे
Vaiśākha māse · Śukla pakṣe · Aṣṭamī tithau · Bhānu vāsare · Punarvasu nakṣatre · Sukarmā yoge · Bava karaṇe
- Sacred Locality
जम्बूद्वीपे · भारतवर्षे*
jambū-dvīpe · bhārata-varṣe (India)
*The locality lines (jambū-dvīpe bhārata-varṣe): India is shown by default; spoken aloud you substitute your own region and town.
What You Just Read: The Three Frames of Time
The saṅkalpa places the moment in three nested dimensions—cosmic, calendrical, and astronomical—so the seeker knows exactly when and where they stand in eternity.
Cosmic Time (Eternal Scale)
Cosmic time doesn’t change with where you read this. Śveta-varāha is the present kalpa (~4.32 billion years). Vaivasvata is the current manvantara. Kali-yuga prathama pāda places us in the first quarter of the dark age. Identical whether recited in Bengaluru, Mumbai, London, or New York.
Calendrical Time (Solar & Seasonal Cycles)
Calendrical time tracks the present era and season: the Śaka era (from 78 CE), the 60-year Jovian saṁvatsara cycle, Uttarāyaṇa or Dakṣiṇāyana (solar transit), and the bi-monthly ṛtu (season).
Astronomical Time (The Five Limbs of Pañchāṅga)
Astronomical time is the immediate daily rhythm: māsa (lunar month), pakṣa (fortnight), tithi (lunar day), vāra (solar weekday), nakṣatra (moon constellation), yoga, and karaṇa.
Local Sunrise Reckoning & Daily Purpose
All values above are calculated for your local sunrise. The day traditionally belongs to whichever tithi prevailed at sunrise.
The saṅkalpa is the daily (nitya) opening of sacred life. Recited each morning, it re-anchors you in awareness of eternity and dedicates your actions with resolve.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
4:59 PM – 6:32 PM
12:20 PM – 1:53 PM
11:56 AM – 12:44 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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