पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · November 26, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.21 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः।

स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते।।3.21।।
"3.21 For whatever a great man does, others imitate. People conform to the standard which he has set." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
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)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya219.32°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
चन्द्र Candra22.39°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala216.69°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha238.48°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati13.44°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra175.30°KanyāCitrā P1
शनि Śani306.83°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:06 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:40 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:02 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 45 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 14 Mins 02 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:32 – 05:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:07 – 06:06
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:40 – 18:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:52 – 18:21
Amṛta Kāla17:37 – 19:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:23 – 17:52
Yamaganda11:59 – 13:27
Gulika Kāla14:55 – 16:23
Varjyam06:35 – 06:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (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 Udveg06:06 – 07:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:34 – 09:02 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:02 – 10:30 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:30 – 11:59 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:59 – 13:27 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:27 – 14:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:55 – 16:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:23 – 17:52 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:52 – 19:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:23 – 20:55 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:55 – 22:27 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:27 – 23:59 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:59 – 01:30 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:30 – 03:02 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:02 – 04:34 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:34 – 06:06 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871809.27
Julian Day2460274.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1869°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)164.82°
🪷 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 (24.1869°), declination -20.85°, EoT 11.91 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: 2023-11-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)