पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · February 2, 2025 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.3 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
तेजः क्षमा धृतिः शौचमद्रोहो नातिमानिता।

भवन्ति सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातस्य भारत।।16.3।।
"16.3 Valour, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, freedom from hate and vanity; these are his who possesses the Godly Qualities, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1432
Malayalam Era: 1201
Nanakshahi: 556
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya289.24°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra335.62°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala85.59°MithunaPunarvasu P2
बुध Budha283.63°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati47.04°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra333.73°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani323.43°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:28 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:32 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 50 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 09 Mins 47 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:55 – 05:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:30 – 06:29
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta18:07 – 18:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:19 – 18:49
Amṛta Kāla18:04 – 19:49
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:48

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:51 – 18:19
Yamaganda12:24 – 13:53
Gulika Kāla15:22 – 16:51
Varjyam06:59 – 07:18
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:29 – 07:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:58 – 09:27 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:27 – 10:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:56 – 12:24 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:24 – 13:53 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:53 – 15:22 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:22 – 16:51 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:51 – 18:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:19 – 19:51 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:51 – 21:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:22 – 22:53 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:53 – 00:24 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:24 – 01:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:56 – 03:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:27 – 04:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:58 – 06:29 (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 Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872243.27
Julian Day2460708.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2035°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)44.38°
🪷 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 (24.2035°), declination -16.79°, EoT -13.84 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: 2025-02-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)