पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · October 18, 2011 CE

🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.2 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः।

सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः।।18.2।।
"18.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: The sages say that renunciation means forgoing an action which springs from desire; and relinquishing means the surrender of its fruit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya180.30°TulāCitrā P3
चन्द्र Candra65.73°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala112.86°KarkaAśleṣā P2
बुध Budha192.91°TulāSvātī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati12.62°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra196.78°TulāSvātī P4
शनि Śani176.41°KanyāCitrā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:32 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 57 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:21 – 05:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:57 – 05:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta13:55 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:42 – 18:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:54 – 18:24
Amṛta Kāla17:39 – 19:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:55 – 16:24
Yamaganda08:56 – 10:25
Gulika Kāla11:55 – 13:25
Varjyam06:26 – 06:45
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:56 – 07:26 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:26 – 08:56 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:56 – 10:25 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:25 – 11:55 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:55 – 13:25 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:25 – 14:55 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:55 – 16:24 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:24 – 17:54 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:54 – 19:24 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:24 – 20:55 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:55 – 22:25 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:25 – 23:55 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:55 – 01:25 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:25 – 02:56 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:56 – 04:26 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:26 – 05:56 (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

Kali Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867387.27
Julian Day2455852.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0178°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)249.53°
🪷 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 (24.0178°), declination -9.43°, EoT 15.40 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: 2011-10-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)