पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · June 18, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.23 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात्।

कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः।।5.23।।
"5.23 He who, before he leaves his body, learns to surmount the promptings of desire and anger is a saint and is happy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya63.17°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
चन्द्र Candra215.58°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala209.80°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha43.04°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati140.77°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra65.98°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani227.77°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:27 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:29 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:13 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 31 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 28 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:15 – 05:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:53 – 05:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:15 – 18:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:27 – 18:58
Amṛta Kāla18:12 – 19:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:04 – 10:37
Yamaganda13:45 – 15:19
Gulika Kāla05:56 – 07:30
Varjyam06:27 – 06:47
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
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):
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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:56 – 07:30 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:30 – 09:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:04 – 10:37 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:37 – 12:11 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:11 – 13:45 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:45 – 15:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:19 – 16:53 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:53 – 18:27 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:27 – 19:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:53 – 21:19 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:19 – 22:45 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:45 – 00:11 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:11 – 01:37 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:37 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:04 – 04:30 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:30 – 05:56 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869092.27
Julian Day2457557.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0830°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)151.52°
🪷 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 (24.0830°), declination 23.41°, EoT -0.82 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: 2016-06-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)