पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · January 12, 1880 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 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 4.5 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन।

तान्यहं वेद सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परन्तप।।4.5।।
"4.5 Lord Shri Krishna replied: I have been born again and again, from time to time; thou too,O Arjuna! My births are known to Me, but thou knowest not thine." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1937 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1802 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1287
Malayalam Era: 1056
Nanakshahi: 411
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya269.09°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra270.38°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala26.68°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
बुध Budha251.11°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati320.35°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra227.38°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani348.58°MīnaRevatī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:22 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 12 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 47 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:35 – 06:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:09 – 07:05
Abhijit Muhūrta12:19 – 13:04
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:18
Godhūli Muhūrta18:06 – 18:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:18 – 18:46
Amṛta Kāla18:03 – 19:48
Niśīta Muhūrta00:19 – 01:04

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:29 – 09:53
Yamaganda11:17 – 12:41
Gulika Kāla14:05 – 15:29
Varjyam07:33 – 07:51
Dur Muhūrta 09:42 – 10:04

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:05 – 08:29 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:29 – 09:53 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:53 – 11:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:17 – 12:41 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:41 – 14:05 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:05 – 15:29 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:29 – 16:53 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:53 – 18:18 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:18 – 19:53 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:53 – 21:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:29 – 23:05 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:05 – 00:41 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:41 – 02:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:17 – 03:53 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:53 – 05:29 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:29 – 07:05 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 16.705°
Longitude: 74.2433°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year4981 · Kali-4981
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1819261.27 · 4981.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2407726.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.1771° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)2.62° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (22.1771°) · declination -21.76° · EoT -8.27 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1880-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)