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

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।

"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 14.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava

Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1420

Malayalam Era: 1189

Nanakshahi: 544

Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)

Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	61.99°	Mithuna	Mr̥gaśirā P3
चन्द्र Candra	155.89°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	47.52°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P3
बुध Budha	85.64°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	63.40°	Mithuna	Mr̥gaśirā P4
शुक्र Śukra	82.80°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
शनि Śani	190.90°	Tulā	Svātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:55 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:27 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:11 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 31 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 28 Mins 35 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:15 – 05:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:53 – 05:55
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:46 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:16 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:15 – 18:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:27 – 18:58
Amṛta Kāla	18:12 – 19:57
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:46 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	07:29 – 09:03
Yamaganda	10:37 – 12:11
Gulika Kāla	13:45 – 15:19
Varjyam	06:27 – 06:47
Dur Muhūrta	08:51 – 09:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: North-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

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):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	05:55 – 07:29 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	07:29 – 09:03 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	09:03 – 10:37 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:37 – 12:11 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	12:11 – 13:45 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:45 – 15:19 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	15:19 – 16:53 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	16:53 – 18:27 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	18:27 – 19:53 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	19:53 – 21:19 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	21:19 – 22:45 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:45 – 00:11 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	00:11 – 01:37 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:37 – 03:03 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	03:03 – 04:29 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	04:29 – 05:55 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 6.9271°

Longitude: 79.8612°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Uttara Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1867995.27
Julian Day	2456460.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0410°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	97.48°

🪷 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 (24.0410°), declination 23.38°, EoT -0.61 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: 2013-06-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)