पञ्चाङ्ग — Colombo, Sri Lanka · February 28, 2040 CE

Also observed today

लक्ष्मी जयन्ती · Lakṣmī JayantīVaishnava
कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति · Kumbha SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.1 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

अर्जुन उवाचएवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते।येचाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः।।12.1।।

"12.1 "Arjuna asked: My Lord! Which are the better devotees who worship Thee, those who try to know Thee as a Personal God, or those who worship Thee as Impersonal and Indestructible?" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2097 Śrīmukha

Śaka Saṁvat: 1962 Raudra

Bengali Saṁvat: 1447

Malayalam Era: 1216

Nanakshahi: 571

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)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	314.64°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra	134.60°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	70.02°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P2
बुध Budha	301.11°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	154.01°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra	290.41°	Makara	Śravaṇa P4
शनि Śani	165.67°	Kanyā	Hasta P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:23 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	18:17 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	06:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 58 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 01 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:49 – 05:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:24 – 06:24
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:00 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:24 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:11 – 18:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:23 – 18:53
Amṛta Kāla	18:08 – 19:53
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:00 – 00:48

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:23 – 16:53
Yamaganda	09:24 – 10:54
Gulika Kāla	12:24 – 13:54
Varjyam	06:54 – 07:14
Dur Muhūrta	09:12 – 09:36

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 Roga	06:24 – 07:54 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:54 – 09:24 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	09:24 – 10:54 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:54 – 12:24 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:24 – 13:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:54 – 15:23 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	15:23 – 16:53 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	16:53 – 18:23 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	18:23 – 19:53 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	19:53 – 21:23 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	21:23 – 22:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:54 – 00:24 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:24 – 01:54 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:54 – 03:24 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	03:24 – 04:54 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:54 – 06:24 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 6.9271°

Longitude: 79.8612°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

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:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5141
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1877747.27
Julian Day	2466212.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.4140°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	179.60°

🪷 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 (24.4140°), declination -8.17°, EoT -13.22 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: 2040-02-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)