पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · December 1, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.26 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
न बुद्धिभेदं जनयेदज्ञानां कर्मसङ्गिनाम्।

जोषयेत्सर्वकर्माणि विद्वान् युक्तः समाचरन्।।3.26।।
"3.26 But a wise man should not perturb the minds of the ignorant, who are attached to action; let him perform his own actions in the right spirit, with concentration on Me, thus inspiring all to do the same." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya224.38°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
चन्द्र Candra88.15°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala220.26°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha244.97°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati12.93°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra181.10°TulāCitrā P3
शनि Śani307.04°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:53 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:42 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 45 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 14 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:34 – 05:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:09 – 06:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:45
Godhūli Muhūrta17:41 – 18:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:53 – 18:22
Amṛta Kāla17:38 – 19:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:32 – 12:00
Yamaganda14:57 – 16:25
Gulika Kāla07:36 – 09:04
Varjyam06:37 – 06:56
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
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 · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:08 – 07:36 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:36 – 09:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:04 – 10:32 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:32 – 12:00 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:00 – 13:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:29 – 14:57 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:57 – 16:25 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:25 – 17:53 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:53 – 19:25 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:25 – 20:57 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:57 – 22:29 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:29 – 00:00 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:00 – 01:32 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:32 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:04 – 04:36 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:36 – 06:08 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Caturthī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871814.27
Julian Day2460279.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1871°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)225.69°
🪷 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 (24.1871°), declination -21.73°, EoT 10.13 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: 2023-12-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)