पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · September 29, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.13 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
पञ्चैतानि महाबाहो कारणानि निबोध मे।सांख्ये कृतान्ते प्रोक्तानि सिद्धये सर्वकर्मणाम्।।18.13।।
"18.13 I will tell thee now, O Mighty Man, the five causes which, according to the final decision of philosophy, must concur before an action can be accomplished." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya162.02°KanyāHasta P1
चन्द्र Candra92.43°KarkaPunarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala115.84°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha185.18°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati83.50°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra206.09°TulāViśākhā P2
शनि Śani195.49°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:58 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:02 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:09 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 04 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 55 Mins 37 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:21 – 05:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:57 – 05:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta17:50 – 18:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:02 – 18:32
Amṛta Kāla17:47 – 19:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:32 – 18:02
Yamaganda12:00 – 13:31
Gulika Kāla15:01 – 16:32
Varjyam06:28 – 06:47
Dur Muhūrta 08:47 – 09:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:58 – 07:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:28 – 08:59 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:59 – 10:29 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:29 – 12:00 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:00 – 13:31 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:31 – 15:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:01 – 16:32 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:32 – 18:02 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:02 – 19:32 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:32 – 21:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:01 – 22:31 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:31 – 00:00 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:00 – 01:29 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:29 – 02:59 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:59 – 04:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:28 – 05:58 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Daśamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868099.27
Julian Day2456564.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0450°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)290.53°
🪷 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 (24.0450°), declination -2.41°, EoT 10.52 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: 2013-09-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)