पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · December 6, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.17 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्ितमान्यः स मे प्रियः।।12.17।।
"12.17 He who is beyond joy and hate, who neither laments nor desires, to whom good and evil fortunes are the same, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya229.71°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra25.57°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala52.45°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
बुध Budha244.26°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati334.88°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra240.35°DhanuMūla P1
शनि Śani296.09°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:14 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 44 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 15 Mins 46 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:36 – 05:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:12 – 06:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta17:43 – 18:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:55 – 18:24
Amṛta Kāla17:40 – 19:25
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:58 – 16:27
Yamaganda09:06 – 10:34
Gulika Kāla12:02 – 13:30
Varjyam06:40 – 06:58
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:10 – 07:38 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:38 – 09:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:06 – 10:34 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:34 – 12:02 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:02 – 13:30 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:30 – 14:58 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:58 – 16:27 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:27 – 17:55 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:55 – 19:27 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:27 – 20:58 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:58 – 22:30 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:30 – 00:02 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:02 – 01:34 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:34 – 03:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:06 – 04:38 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:38 – 06:10 (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 Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871454.27
Julian Day2459919.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1733°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)156.06°
🪷 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 (24.1733°), declination -22.46°, EoT 8.14 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: 2022-12-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)