पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · March 7, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.34 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्यार्थे रागद्वेषौ व्यवस्थितौ।

तयोर्न वशमागच्छेत्तौ ह्यस्य परिपन्थिनौ।।3.34।।
"3.34 The love and hate which are aroused by the objects of sense arise from Nature; do not yield to them. They only obstruct the path." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya322.31°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra205.12°TulāViśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala239.43°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha336.86°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.91°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra335.74°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani253.49°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:23 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:40 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:27 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 01 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 58 Mins 29 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:45 – 05:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:21 – 06:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta18:11 – 18:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:23 – 18:53
Amṛta Kāla18:08 – 19:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:22 – 13:53
Yamaganda07:52 – 09:22
Gulika Kāla10:52 – 12:22
Varjyam06:52 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:10 – 09:34

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:22 – 07:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:52 – 09:22 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:22 – 10:52 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:52 – 12:22 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:22 – 13:53 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:53 – 15:23 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:23 – 16:53 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:53 – 18:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:23 – 19:53 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:53 – 21:23 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:23 – 22:53 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:53 – 00:22 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:22 – 01:52 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:52 – 03:22 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:22 – 04:52 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:52 – 06:22 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869719.27
Julian Day2458184.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1069°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)242.33°
🪷 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 (24.1069°), declination -5.36°, EoT -11.77 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: 2018-03-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)