पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · March 18, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.11 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
मयि चानन्ययोगेन भक्ितरव्यभिचारिणी।विविक्तदेशसेवित्वमरतिर्जनसंसदि।।13.11।।
"13.11 Unswerving devotion to Me, by concentration on Me and Me alone, a love for solitude, indifference to social life;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya333.54°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra214.92°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala11.42°MeṣaAśvinī P4
बुध Budha343.76°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati176.24°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra345.12°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani243.22°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:16 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:32 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 05 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 54 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:40 – 05:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:16 – 06:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:10 – 18:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:22 – 18:52
Amṛta Kāla18:07 – 19:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:18 – 10:49
Yamaganda13:50 – 15:21
Gulika Kāla06:16 – 07:47
Varjyam06:47 – 07:06
Dur Muhūrta 09:06 – 09:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
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 · 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 Kāla06:16 – 07:47 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:47 – 09:18 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:18 – 10:49 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:49 – 12:19 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:19 – 13:50 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:50 – 15:21 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:21 – 16:51 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:51 – 18:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:22 – 19:51 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:51 – 21:21 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:21 – 22:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:50 – 00:19 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:19 – 01:49 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:49 – 03:18 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:18 – 04:47 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:47 – 06:16 (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)1869365.27
Julian Day2457830.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0934°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)243.83°
🪷 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 (24.0934°), declination -0.94°, EoT -8.76 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: 2017-03-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)