पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · September 24, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.18 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
द्रुपदो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्वशः पृथिवीपते।

सौभद्रश्च महाबाहुः शङ्खान्दध्मुः पृथक्पृथक्।।1.18।।
"1.18 And O King! Drupada, the sons of Droupadi and Soubhadra, the great soldier, blew their conches." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya156.59°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra90.96°KarkaPunarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala149.07°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha171.59°KanyāHasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati233.16°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra167.39°KanyāHasta P3
शनि Śani259.75°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:59 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 06 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 53 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:22 – 05:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:58 – 05:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:03 – 14:51
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:35
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:03 – 16:34
Yamaganda09:00 – 10:31
Gulika Kāla12:02 – 13:33
Varjyam06:29 – 06:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:48 – 09:12

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:59 – 07:29 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:29 – 09:00 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:00 – 10:31 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:31 – 12:02 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:02 – 13:33 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:33 – 15:03 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:03 – 16:34 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:34 – 18:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:05 – 19:34 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:34 – 21:03 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:03 – 22:33 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:33 – 00:02 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:02 – 01:31 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:31 – 03:00 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:00 – 04:29 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:29 – 05:59 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870285.27
Julian Day2458750.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1286°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)297.71°
🪷 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 (24.1286°), declination -0.29°, EoT 8.79 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: 2019-09-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)