पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · January 17, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.9 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
मच्चित्ता मद्गतप्राणा बोधयन्तः परस्परम्।

कथयन्तश्च मां नित्यं तुष्यन्ति च रमन्ति च।।10.9।।
"10.9 With minds concentrated on Me, with lives absorbed in Me, and enlightening each other, they ever feel content and happy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya273.05°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra340.78°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala293.15°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha272.06°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati42.19°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra255.66°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani196.31°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:28 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:48 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 46 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 13 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:53 – 05:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:29 – 06:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta18:02 – 18:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:14 – 18:43
Amṛta Kāla17:59 – 19:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:49 – 15:17
Yamaganda06:28 – 07:56
Gulika Kāla09:24 – 10:52
Varjyam06:57 – 07:16
Dur Muhūrta 09:12 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:28 – 07:56 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:56 – 09:24 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:24 – 10:52 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:52 – 12:21 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:21 – 13:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:49 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:17 – 16:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:45 – 18:14 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:14 – 19:45 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:45 – 21:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:17 – 22:49 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:49 – 00:21 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:21 – 01:52 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:52 – 03:24 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:24 – 04:56 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:56 – 06:28 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867844.27
Julian Day2456309.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0352°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)66.12°
🪷 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 (24.0352°), declination -20.74°, EoT -10.03 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: 2013-01-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)