पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · February 4, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.18 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः।।12.18।।
"12.18 He to whom friend and foe are alike, who welcomes equally honour and dishonour, heat and cold, pleasure and pain, who is enamoured of nothing," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya290.80°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra281.67°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala358.58°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha294.13°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati234.14°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra245.69°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani261.07°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:55 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:41 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 50 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 09 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:55 – 05:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:30 – 06:29
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta18:08 – 18:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:20 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla18:05 – 19:50
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:48

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:58 – 09:27
Yamaganda10:56 – 12:25
Gulika Kāla13:53 – 15:22
Varjyam06:59 – 07:18
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:29 – 07:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:58 – 09:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:27 – 10:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:56 – 12:25 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:25 – 13:53 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:53 – 15:22 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:22 – 16:51 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:51 – 18:20 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:20 – 19:51 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:51 – 21:22 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:22 – 22:53 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:53 – 00:25 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:25 – 01:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:56 – 03:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:27 – 04:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:58 – 06:29 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Śravaṇa alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870053.27
Julian Day2458518.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1197°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)351.39°
🪷 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 (24.1197°), declination -16.36°, EoT -14.09 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: 2019-02-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)