पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · October 18, 1953 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: देवोत्थान एकादशी — Devotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
Bhagavān Viṣṇu awakens; Cāturmāsya ends; weddings can resume.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.2 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचमय्यावेश्य मनो ये मां नित्ययुक्ता उपासते।श्रद्धया परयोपेतास्ते मे युक्ततमा मताः।।12.2।।
"12.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Those who keep their minds fixed on Me, who worship Me always with unwavering faith and concentration; these are the very best." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2010 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1875 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1360
Malayalam Era: 1129
Nanakshahi: 484
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya181.16°TulāCitrā P3
चन्द्र Candra298.44°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala148.32°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha205.41°TulāViśākhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati63.45°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शुक्र Śukra156.72°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani186.51°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:22 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:52 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 44 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 15 Mins 50 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:52 – 05:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:27 – 06:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:02
Godhūli Muhūrta17:58 – 18:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:10 – 18:39
Amṛta Kāla17:55 – 19:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:41

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:42 – 18:10
Yamaganda12:18 – 13:46
Gulika Kāla15:14 – 16:42
Varjyam06:55 – 07:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:10 – 09:33

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:26 – 07:54 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:54 – 09:22 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:22 – 10:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:50 – 12:18 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:18 – 13:46 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:46 – 15:14 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:14 – 16:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:42 – 18:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:10 – 19:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:42 – 21:14 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:14 – 22:46 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:46 – 00:18 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:18 – 01:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:50 – 03:22 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:22 – 04:54 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:54 – 06:26 (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 — 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 Year5055 · Kali-5055
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1846203.27 · 5054.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2434668.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.2075° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)120.66° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (23.2075°) · declination -9.44° · EoT 15.40 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:1953-10-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)