पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · March 17, 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: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.14 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः।

आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत।।2.14।।
"2.14 Those external relations which bring cold and heat, pain and happiness, they come and go; they are not permanent. Endure them bravely, O Prince!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1973 Śukla
Śaka Saṁvat: 1838 Nala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1323
Malayalam Era: 1092
Nanakshahi: 447
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya333.44°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra121.45°SiṃhaMaghā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala108.97°KarkaAśleṣā P1
बुध Budha311.45°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati345.83°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra16.73°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शनि Śani77.53°MithunaĀrdrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:40 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:44 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:15 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 03 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 56 Mins 44 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:04 – 05:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:40 – 06:40
Abhijit Muhūrta12:18 – 13:06
Vijaya Muhūrta14:43 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta18:32 – 18:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:44 – 19:14
Amṛta Kāla18:29 – 20:14
Niśīta Muhūrta00:18 – 01:06

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:12 – 12:42
Yamaganda15:43 – 17:13
Gulika Kāla08:11 – 09:41
Varjyam07:11 – 07:30
Dur Muhūrta 09:29 – 09:53

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
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):
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:40 – 08:11 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:11 – 09:41 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:41 – 11:12 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:12 – 12:42 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:42 – 14:12 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:12 – 15:43 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:43 – 17:13 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:13 – 18:44 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:44 – 20:13 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:13 – 21:43 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:43 – 23:12 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:12 – 00:42 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:42 – 02:12 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:12 – 03:41 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:41 – 05:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:11 – 06:40 (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)1832474.27 · 5017.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2420939.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.6825° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)147.11° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (22.6825°) · declination -1.54° · EoT -9.06 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:1916-03-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)