पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · January 1, 2036 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 9.15 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते।

एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम्।।9.15।।
"9.15 Others worship Me with full consciousness as the One, the Manifold, the Omnipresent, the Universal." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2093 Śukla
Śaka Saṁvat: 1958 Nala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1443
Malayalam Era: 1212
Nanakshahi: 567
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya255.83°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra282.17°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala350.50°MīnaRevatī P2
बुध Budha272.17°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati15.63°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra290.79°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani113.56°KarkaAśleṣā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:06 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:07 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 43 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 16 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:49 – 05:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:24 – 06:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 14:58
Godhūli Muhūrta17:54 – 18:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:06 – 18:35
Amṛta Kāla17:51 – 19:36
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:38

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:10 – 16:38
Yamaganda09:18 – 10:46
Gulika Kāla12:14 – 13:42
Varjyam06:52 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:07 – 09:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:22 – 07:50 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:50 – 09:18 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:18 – 10:46 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:46 – 12:14 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:14 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:42 – 15:10 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:10 – 16:38 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:38 – 18:06 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:06 – 19:38 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:38 – 21:10 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:10 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:42 – 00:14 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:14 – 01:46 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:46 – 03:18 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:18 – 04:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:50 – 06:22 (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 Time

Kali Year5137
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1876228.27
Julian Day2464693.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.3559°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)29.10°
🪷 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 (24.3559°), declination -23.05°, EoT -3.71 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: 2036-01-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)