पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · May 6, 2008 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 2.19 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga

य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्।

उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते।।2.19।।

"2.19 He who thinks that the Spirit kills, and he who thinks of It as killed, are both ignorant. The Spirit kills not, nor is It killed." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 2.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava

Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri

Bengali Saṁvat: 1415

Malayalam Era: 1184

Nanakshahi: 539

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Kṛttikā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	21.92°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra	29.57°	Meṣa	Kṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	93.91°	Karka	Puṣya P1
बुध Budha	41.20°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	269.01°	Dhanu	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra	12.67°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P4
शनि Śani	127.51°	Siṃha	Maghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:55 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:07 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	06:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	18:50 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 23 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 36 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:16 – 05:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:53 – 05:55
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:42 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:11 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:07 – 18:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:19 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla	18:04 – 19:49
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:42 – 00:32

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:13 – 16:46
Yamaganda	09:01 – 10:34
Gulika Kāla	12:07 – 13:40
Varjyam	06:26 – 06:46
Dur Muhūrta	08:49 – 09:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	05:55 – 07:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:28 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	09:01 – 10:34 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:34 – 12:07 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:07 – 13:40 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:40 – 15:13 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	15:13 – 16:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	16:46 – 18:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	18:19 – 19:46 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	19:46 – 21:13 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	21:13 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:40 – 00:07 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:07 – 01:34 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:34 – 03:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	03:01 – 04:28 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:28 – 05:55 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 6.9271°

Longitude: 79.8612°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pratipada + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1866127.27
Julian Day	2454592.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	23.9696°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	6.34°

🪷 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 (23.9696°), declination 16.59°, EoT 3.44 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: 2008-05-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)