पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · December 24, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: पौष पुत्रदा एकादशी — Pauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
Ekādaśī granting putra-prāpti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.19 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च।

अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन।।9.19।।
"9.19 I am the Heat of the Sun, I release and hold back the Rains. I am Death and Immortality; I am Being and Not-Being." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.59°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra21.11°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala274.28°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha234.25°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati44.17°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra225.61°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani194.58°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:19 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:02 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:50 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:11 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 43 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 16 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:45 – 05:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:20 – 06:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta17:50 – 18:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:02 – 18:31
Amṛta Kāla17:47 – 19:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:47 – 09:15
Yamaganda10:43 – 12:11
Gulika Kāla13:38 – 15:06
Varjyam06:48 – 07:07
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 Amṛta06:19 – 07:47 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:47 – 09:15 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:15 – 10:43 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:43 – 12:11 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:11 – 13:38 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:38 – 15:06 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:06 – 16:34 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:34 – 18:02 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:02 – 19:34 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:34 – 21:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:06 – 22:38 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:38 – 00:11 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:11 – 01:43 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:43 – 03:15 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:15 – 04:47 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:47 – 06:19 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867820.27
Julian Day2456285.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0343°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)130.38°
🪷 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 (24.0343°), declination -23.41°, EoT -0.03 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: 2012-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)