पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · July 8, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.17 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्रद्धया परया तप्तं तपस्तत्ित्रविधं नरैः।अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्युक्तैः सात्त्विकं परिचक्षते।।17.17।।
"17.17 These threefold austerities performed with faith, and without thought of reward, may truly be accounted Pure." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya82.00°MithunaPunarvasu P1
चन्द्र Candra249.47°DhanuMūla P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala87.59°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha99.35°KarkaPuṣya P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati169.93°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra38.98°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
शनि Śani238.65°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:00 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 30 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 29 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:20 – 05:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:58 – 06:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta18:18 – 18:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:30 – 19:02
Amṛta Kāla18:15 – 20:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:08 – 10:41
Yamaganda13:49 – 15:23
Gulika Kāla06:00 – 07:34
Varjyam06:31 – 06:51
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:00 – 07:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:34 – 09:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:08 – 10:41 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:41 – 12:15 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:15 – 13:49 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:49 – 15:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:23 – 16:57 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:57 – 18:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:30 – 19:57 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:57 – 21:23 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:23 – 22:49 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:49 – 00:15 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:15 – 01:41 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:41 – 03:08 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:08 – 04:34 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:34 – 06:00 (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 Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869477.27
Julian Day2457942.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0977°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)167.20°
🪷 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 (24.0977°), declination 22.47°, EoT -4.68 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: 2017-07-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)