पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · October 2, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.20 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः।

अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च।।10.20।।
"10.20 O Arjuna! I am the Self, seated in the hearts of all beings; I am the beginning and the life, and I am the end of them all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya165.17°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra346.93°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala0.22°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha190.68°TulāSvātī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati263.84°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra124.64°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शनि Śani271.19°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:58 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:11 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 03 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 56 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:21 – 05:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:57 – 05:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta17:49 – 18:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:01 – 18:31
Amṛta Kāla17:46 – 19:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:23

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:29 – 11:59
Yamaganda15:00 – 16:30
Gulika Kāla07:28 – 08:58
Varjyam06:28 – 06:47
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:10

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:58 – 07:28 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:28 – 08:58 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:58 – 10:29 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:29 – 11:59 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:59 – 13:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:29 – 15:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:00 – 16:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:30 – 18:01 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:01 – 19:30 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:30 – 21:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:00 – 22:29 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:29 – 23:59 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:59 – 01:29 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:29 – 02:58 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:58 – 04:28 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:28 – 05:58 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870659.27
Julian Day2459124.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1429°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)183.15°
🪷 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 (24.1429°), declination -3.69°, EoT 11.48 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: 2020-10-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)