पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · January 3, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.12 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता।

यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः।।11.12।।
"11.12 Could a thousand suns blaze forth together it would be but a faint reflection of the radiance of the Lord God." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya258.76°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra314.07°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala316.72°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
बुध Budha246.74°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati176.76°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra305.36°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani237.32°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:23 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:07 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:58 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 43 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 16 Mins 09 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:49 – 05:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:25 – 06:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 14:59
Godhūli Muhūrta17:55 – 18:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:07 – 18:36
Amṛta Kāla17:52 – 19:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:39

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:11 – 16:39
Yamaganda09:19 – 10:47
Gulika Kāla12:15 – 13:43
Varjyam06:53 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:07 – 09:31

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:23 – 07:51 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:51 – 09:19 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:19 – 10:47 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:47 – 12:15 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:15 – 13:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:43 – 15:11 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:11 – 16:39 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:39 – 18:07 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:07 – 19:39 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:39 – 21:11 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:11 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:43 – 00:15 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:15 – 01:47 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:47 – 03:19 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:19 – 04:51 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:51 – 06:23 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869291.27
Julian Day2457756.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0906°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)57.34°
🪷 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 (24.0906°), declination -22.82°, EoT -4.59 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: 2017-01-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)