पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · February 18, 1916 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: होलिका दहन — Holikā Dahana
Burning of Holikā; Prahlāda saved by Hari. Eve of Holi.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.33 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
येषामर्थे काङ्क्षितं नो राज्यं भोगाः सुखानि च।

त इमेऽवस्थिता युद्धे प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा धनानि च।।1.33।।
"1.33 When those for whose sake I desire these things stand here about to sacrifice their property and their lives:" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.33's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1973 Śukla
Śaka Saṁvat: 1838 Nala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1323
Malayalam Era: 1092
Nanakshahi: 447
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya305.38°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra113.23°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala115.46°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha284.65°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati339.33°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra343.78°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani78.02°MithunaĀrdrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:59 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:36 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:47 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:36 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 37 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 22 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:26 – 06:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:01 – 06:59
Abhijit Muhūrta12:24 – 13:11
Vijaya Muhūrta14:44 – 15:30
Godhūli Muhūrta18:24 – 18:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:36 – 19:05
Amṛta Kāla18:21 – 20:06
Niśīta Muhūrta00:24 – 01:11

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:20 – 12:47
Yamaganda15:42 – 17:09
Gulika Kāla08:26 – 09:53
Varjyam07:28 – 07:46
Dur Muhūrta 09:41 – 10:05

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:59 – 08:26 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:26 – 09:53 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:53 – 11:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:20 – 12:47 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:47 – 14:15 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:15 – 15:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:42 – 17:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:09 – 18:36 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:36 – 20:09 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:09 – 21:42 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:42 – 23:15 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:15 – 00:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:47 – 02:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:20 – 03:53 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:53 – 05:26 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:26 – 06:59 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5017 · Kali-5017
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1832446.27 · 5017.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2420911.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.6814° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)167.15° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (22.6814°) · declination -12.15° · EoT -14.43 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:1916-02-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)