पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · March 3, 1881 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: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.12 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः।ईहन्ते कामभोगार्थमन्यायेनार्थसञ्चयान्।।16.12।।
"16.12 Caught in the toils of a hundred vain hopes, the slaves of passion and wrath, they accumulate hoards of unjust wealth, only to pander to their sensual desire." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1938 Jaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1803 Vṛṣa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1288
Malayalam Era: 1057
Nanakshahi: 412
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya320.44°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra354.15°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala285.35°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha335.95°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati0.03°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शुक्र Śukra8.26°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शनि Śani4.74°MeṣaAśvinī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:50 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:41 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:46 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:50 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:11 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 50 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 09 Mins 27 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:16 – 06:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:51 – 06:50
Abhijit Muhūrta12:22 – 13:09
Vijaya Muhūrta14:44 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta18:29 – 18:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:41 – 19:11
Amṛta Kāla18:26 – 20:11
Niśīta Muhūrta00:22 – 01:09

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:15 – 15:43
Yamaganda06:50 – 08:19
Gulika Kāla09:48 – 11:17
Varjyam07:20 – 07:39
Dur Muhūrta 09:36 – 10:00

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:50 – 08:19 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:19 – 09:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:48 – 11:17 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:17 – 12:46 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:46 – 14:15 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:15 – 15:43 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:43 – 17:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:12 – 18:41 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:41 – 20:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:12 – 21:43 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:43 – 23:15 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:15 – 00:46 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:46 – 02:17 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:17 – 03:48 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:48 – 05:19 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:19 – 06:50 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 16.705°
Longitude: 74.2433°
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 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 Year4982 · Kali-4982
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1819677.27 · 4982.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2408142.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.1930° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)33.97° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (22.1930°) · declination -6.82° · EoT -12.65 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:1881-03-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)