पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · March 3, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: होली — Holi (Phālguna Pūrṇimā)
Festival of colors; Holikā-dahana eve.

Also observed today

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya318.25°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra132.79°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala305.73°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha326.34°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati80.81°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra331.18°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani337.84°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:23 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:23 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:55 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:08 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 00 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 59 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:47 – 05:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:23 – 06:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta18:11 – 18:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:23 – 18:53
Amṛta Kāla18:08 – 19:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:47

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:23 – 16:53
Yamaganda09:23 – 10:53
Gulika Kāla12:23 – 13:53
Varjyam06:53 – 07:12
Dur Muhūrta 09:11 – 09:35

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:23 – 07:53 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:53 – 09:23 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:23 – 10:53 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:53 – 12:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:23 – 13:53 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:53 – 15:23 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:23 – 16:53 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:53 – 18:23 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:23 – 19:53 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:53 – 21:23 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:23 – 22:53 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:53 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:23 – 01:53 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:53 – 03:23 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:23 – 04:53 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:53 – 06:23 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Pūrva Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872637.27
Julian Day2461102.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2185°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)176.24°
🪷 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 (24.2185°), declination -6.88°, EoT -12.65 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: 2026-03-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)