पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · January 5, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.27 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
यावत्सञ्जायते किञ्चित्सत्त्वं स्थावरजङ्गमम्।क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञसंयोगात्तद्विद्धि भरतर्षभ।।13.27।।
"13.27 Wherever life is seen in things movable or immovable, it is the joint product of Matter and Spirit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya260.25°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra59.12°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala44.06°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha265.69°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati337.54°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra277.98°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani298.73°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:08 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:37 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 44 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 15 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:50 – 05:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:25 – 06:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta17:56 – 18:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:08 – 18:37
Amṛta Kāla17:53 – 19:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:39

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:44 – 15:12
Yamaganda06:24 – 07:52
Gulika Kāla09:20 – 10:48
Varjyam06:53 – 07:12
Dur Muhūrta 09:08 – 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: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 Śubha06:24 – 07:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:52 – 09:20 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:20 – 10:48 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:48 – 12:16 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:16 – 13:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:44 – 15:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:12 – 16:40 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:40 – 18:08 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:08 – 19:40 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:40 – 21:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:12 – 22:44 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:44 – 00:16 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:16 – 01:48 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:48 – 03:20 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:20 – 04:52 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:52 – 06:24 (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 Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871484.27
Julian Day2459949.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1745°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)158.78°
🪷 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 (24.1745°), declination -22.66°, EoT -5.45 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: 2023-01-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)