पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · December 10, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.6 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन्।

इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते।।3.6।।
"3.6 He who remains motionless, refusing to act, but all the while brooding over sensuous object, that deluded soul is simply a hypocrite." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya234.03°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra311.58°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala213.19°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
बुध Budha239.73°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati302.51°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra270.35°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani285.61°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:12 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:56 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:17 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:12 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 43 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 16 Mins 15 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:38 – 05:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:14 – 06:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta17:44 – 18:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:56 – 18:25
Amṛta Kāla17:41 – 19:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:28

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:36 – 12:04
Yamaganda15:00 – 16:28
Gulika Kāla07:40 – 09:08
Varjyam06:42 – 07:00
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:12 – 07:40 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:40 – 09:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:08 – 10:36 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:36 – 12:04 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:04 – 13:32 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:32 – 15:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:00 – 16:28 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:28 – 17:56 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:56 – 19:28 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:28 – 21:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:00 – 22:32 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:32 – 00:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:04 – 01:36 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:36 – 03:08 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:08 – 04:40 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:40 – 06:12 (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 Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871093.27
Julian Day2459558.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1595°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)74.39°
🪷 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 (24.1595°), declination -22.91°, EoT 6.43 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: 2021-12-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)