पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · December 14, 3138 BCE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 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: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3080
Śaka Saṁvat: -3215
Bengali Saṁvat: -3730
Malayalam Era: -3961
Nanakshahi: -4606
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya296.79°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra245.10°DhanuMūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala106.30°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha302.05°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati4.32°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra294.89°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani284.29°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

Kolhāpur, Maharashtra — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:52 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:07 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:56 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 12 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 47 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:23 – 06:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:56 – 06:52
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:33
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:41 – 18:05
Yamaganda12:28 – 13:52
Gulika Kāla15:17 – 16:41
Varjyam07:20 – 07:38
Dur Muhūrta 09:29 – 09:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:52 – 08:16 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:16 – 09:40 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:40 – 11:04 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:04 – 12:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:28 – 13:52 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:52 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:17 – 16:41 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:41 – 18:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:05 – 19:41 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:41 – 21:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:17 – 22:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:52 – 00:28 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:28 – 02:04 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:04 – 03:40 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:40 – 05:16 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:16 – 06:52 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 16.705°
Longitude: 74.2433°
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 Year-35
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-12849.73
Julian Day575615.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)-47.8943°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)308.31°
🪷 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 (-47.8943°), declination -21.78°, EoT 4.64 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: -3137-12-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)