पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · January 9, 2031 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.15 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शरीरवाङ्मनोभिर्यत्कर्म प्रारभते नरः।न्याय्यं वा विपरीतं वा पञ्चैते तस्य हेतवः।।18.15।।
"18.15 Whatever action a man performs, whether by muscular effort or by speech or by thought, and whether it be right or wrong, these five are the essential causes." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2088 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1953 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1438
Malayalam Era: 1207
Nanakshahi: 562
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya264.27°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra87.24°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala181.85°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha241.29°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati232.85°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra283.40°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani38.10°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 44 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 15 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:51 – 05:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:27 – 06:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:02
Godhūli Muhūrta17:58 – 18:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:10 – 18:39
Amṛta Kāla17:55 – 19:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:46 – 15:14
Yamaganda06:25 – 07:53
Gulika Kāla09:22 – 10:50
Varjyam06:55 – 07:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:10 – 09:33

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 Śubha06:25 – 07:53 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:53 – 09:22 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:22 – 10:50 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:50 – 12:18 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:18 – 13:46 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:46 – 15:14 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:14 – 16:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:42 – 18:10 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:10 – 19:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:42 – 21:14 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:14 – 22:46 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:46 – 00:18 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:18 – 01:50 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:50 – 03:22 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:22 – 04:53 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:53 – 06:25 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5132
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874410.27
Julian Day2462875.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2864°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)183.84°
🪷 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 (24.2864°), declination -22.15°, EoT -7.10 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: 2031-01-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)