पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · August 25, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.15 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः।

माययापहृतज्ञाना आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः।।7.15।।
"7.15 The sinner, the ignorant, the vile, deprived of spiritual perception by the glamour of Illusion, and he who pursues a godless life - none of them shall find Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya128.20°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra36.65°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala225.95°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
बुध Budha153.55°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati152.09°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra149.51°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani225.61°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:04 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:19 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 17 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 42 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:25 – 05:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:02 – 06:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta18:09 – 18:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:21 – 18:52
Amṛta Kāla18:06 – 19:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:44 – 15:17
Yamaganda06:04 – 07:36
Gulika Kāla09:08 – 10:40
Varjyam06:34 – 06:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:04 – 07:36 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:36 – 09:08 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:08 – 10:40 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:40 – 12:12 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:12 – 13:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:44 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:17 – 16:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:49 – 18:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:21 – 19:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:49 – 21:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:17 – 22:44 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:44 – 00:12 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:12 – 01:40 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:40 – 03:08 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:08 – 04:36 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:36 – 06:04 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869160.27
Julian Day2457625.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0856°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)267.09°
🪷 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 (24.0856°), declination 10.66°, EoT -1.71 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: 2016-08-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)