पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · May 8, 2018 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 5.11 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga

कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि।

योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वाऽऽत्मशुद्धये।।5.11।।

"5.11 The sage performs his action dispassionately, using his body, mind and intellect, and even his senses, always as a means of purification." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 5.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1425

Malayalam Era: 1194

Nanakshahi: 549

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	23.31°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra	292.84°	Makara	Śravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	272.26°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha	357.62°	Mīna	Revatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	204.21°	Tulā	Viśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra	51.82°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
शनि Śani	254.59°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:55 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:07 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	00:10 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	12:00 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 24 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 35 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:16 – 05:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:53 – 05:55
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:42 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:11 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:07 – 18:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:19 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla	18:04 – 19:49
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:42 – 00:32

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:13 – 16:46
Yamaganda	09:01 – 10:34
Gulika Kāla	12:07 – 13:40
Varjyam	06:26 – 06:46
Dur Muhūrta	08:49 – 09:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	05:55 – 07:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:28 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	09:01 – 10:34 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:34 – 12:07 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:07 – 13:40 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:40 – 15:13 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	15:13 – 16:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	16:46 – 18:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	18:19 – 19:46 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	19:46 – 21:13 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	21:13 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:40 – 00:07 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:07 – 01:34 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:34 – 03:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	03:01 – 04:28 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:28 – 05:55 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 6.9271°

Longitude: 79.8612°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869781.27
Julian Day	2458246.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1093°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	271.50°

🪷 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 (24.1093°), declination 17.03°, EoT 3.58 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: 2018-05-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)