पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · March 5, 2006 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.52 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः।ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः।।18.52।।
"18.52 Enjoying solitude, abstemiousness, his body, mind and speech under perfect control, absorbed in meditation, he becomes free - always filled with the spirit of renunciation." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.52's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya320.38°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra28.47°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala43.72°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha332.64°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati205.55°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra275.64°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani101.15°KarkaPuṣya P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:23 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:43 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:07 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 00 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 59 Mins 16 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:46 – 05:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:22 – 06:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta18:11 – 18:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:23 – 18:53
Amṛta Kāla18:08 – 19:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:47

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:53 – 18:23
Yamaganda12:23 – 13:53
Gulika Kāla15:23 – 16:53
Varjyam06:52 – 07:12
Dur Muhūrta 09:11 – 09:35

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 Udveg06:22 – 07:53 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:53 – 09:23 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:23 – 10:53 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:53 – 12:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:23 – 13:53 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:53 – 15:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:23 – 16:53 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:53 – 18:23 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:23 – 19:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:53 – 21:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:23 – 22:53 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:53 – 00:23 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:23 – 01:53 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:53 – 03:23 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:23 – 04:53 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:53 – 06:22 (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 Year5107
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865334.27
Julian Day2453799.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9392°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)65.21°
🪷 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 (23.9392°), declination -6.17°, EoT -12.23 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: 2006-03-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)