पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · October 17, 2027 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.40 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते।

एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम्।।3.40।।
"3.40 It works through the senses, the mind and the reason; and with their help destroys wisdom and confounds the soul." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.40's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2084 Raudra
Śaka Saṁvat: 1949 Plavaṅga
Bengali Saṁvat: 1434
Malayalam Era: 1203
Nanakshahi: 558
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya179.20°KanyāCitrā P2
चन्द्र Candra16.86°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala216.17°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha184.80°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati143.05°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra196.41°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani0.25°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:56 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 57 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:21 – 05:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:57 – 05:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta13:55 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:42 – 18:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:54 – 18:24
Amṛta Kāla17:39 – 19:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:25 – 17:54
Yamaganda11:55 – 13:25
Gulika Kāla14:55 – 16:25
Varjyam06:26 – 06:45
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 Udveg05:56 – 07:26 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:26 – 08:56 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:56 – 10:26 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:26 – 11:55 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:55 – 13:25 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:25 – 14:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:55 – 16:25 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:25 – 17:54 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:54 – 19:25 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:25 – 20:55 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:55 – 22:25 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:25 – 23:55 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:55 – 01:26 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:26 – 02:56 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:56 – 04:26 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:26 – 05:56 (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 Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873230.27
Julian Day2461695.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2412°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)197.49°
🪷 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 (24.2412°), declination -9.10°, EoT 15.23 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: 2027-10-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)