पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · March 14, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.1 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचपरं भूयः प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्ञानानां ज्ञानमुत्तमम्।यज्ज्ञात्वा मुनयः सर्वे परां सिद्धिमितो गताः।।14.1।।
"14.1 "Lord Shri Krishna continued: Now I will reveal unto the Wisdom which is beyond knowledge, by attaining which the sages have reached Perfection." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya329.05°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra54.11°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala24.19°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
बुध Budha330.91°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati239.03°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra290.31°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani264.56°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:23 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 04 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 55 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:42 – 05:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:18 – 06:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:11 – 18:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:23 – 18:53
Amṛta Kāla18:08 – 19:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:45

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:51 – 15:22
Yamaganda06:18 – 07:49
Gulika Kāla09:19 – 10:50
Varjyam06:49 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta 09:07 – 09:32

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:18 – 07:49 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:49 – 09:19 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:19 – 10:50 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:50 – 12:20 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:20 – 13:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:51 – 15:22 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:22 – 16:52 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:52 – 18:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:23 – 19:52 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:52 – 21:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:22 – 22:51 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:51 – 00:20 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:20 – 01:50 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:50 – 03:19 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:19 – 04:49 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:49 – 06:18 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Mṛgaśīrṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870091.27
Julian Day2458556.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1212°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)88.32°
🪷 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 (24.1212°), declination -2.71°, EoT -9.94 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: 2019-03-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)