पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · March 27, 2016 CE

Also observed today

सङ्कष्टी चतुर्थी · Saṅkaṣṭī CaturthīPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 3.25 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga

सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत।

कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्िचकीर्षुर्लोकसंग्रहम्।।3.25।।

"3.25 As the ignorant act, because of their fondness for action, so should the wise act without such attachment, fixing their eyes, O Arjuna, only on the welfare of the world." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 3.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya

Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1423

Malayalam Era: 1192

Nanakshahi: 547

Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	342.73°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra	201.07°	Tulā	Viśākhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	222.02°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P3
बुध Budha	345.67°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	141.20°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra	323.81°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani	232.11°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:12 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	20:56 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	08:44 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 09 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 50 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:35 – 05:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:11 – 06:12
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:52 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:18 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:09 – 18:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:21 – 18:52
Amṛta Kāla	18:06 – 19:51
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:52 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	16:50 – 18:21
Yamaganda	12:16 – 13:48
Gulika Kāla	15:19 – 16:50
Varjyam	06:42 – 07:02
Dur Muhūrta	09:02 – 09:26

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: North

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	06:12 – 07:43 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	07:43 – 09:14 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	09:14 – 10:45 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:45 – 12:16 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	12:16 – 13:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:48 – 15:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	15:19 – 16:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	16:50 – 18:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	18:21 – 19:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	19:50 – 21:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	21:19 – 22:48 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:48 – 00:16 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	00:16 – 01:45 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:45 – 03:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	03:14 – 04:43 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	04:43 – 06:12 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 6.9271°

Longitude: 79.8612°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

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 Caturthī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869009.27
Julian Day	2457474.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0798°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	221.94°

🪷 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 (24.0798°), declination 2.70°, EoT -5.94 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: 2016-03-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)