पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · February 8, 2026 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 6.11 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः।

नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम्।।6.11।।
"6.11 Having chosen a holy place, let him sit in a firm posture on a seat, neither too high nor too low, and covered with a grass mat, a deer skin and a cloth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya295.06°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra188.76°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala287.63°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha307.32°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati82.26°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra302.44°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani335.23°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 51 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 08 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:54 – 05:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:30 – 06:29
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta18:09 – 18:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:21 – 18:51
Amṛta Kāla18:06 – 19:51
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:52 – 18:21
Yamaganda12:25 – 13:54
Gulika Kāla15:23 – 16:52
Varjyam06:59 – 07:18
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · 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 – 12:25 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:25 – 13:54 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:54 – 15:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:23 – 16:52 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:52 – 18:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:21 – 19:52 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:52 – 21:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:23 – 22:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:54 – 00:25 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:25 – 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 Year5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872614.27
Julian Day2461079.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2177°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)253.70°
🪷 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 (24.2177°), declination -15.04°, EoT -14.45 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: 2026-02-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)