पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · October 22, 1954 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: उत्पन्ना एकादशी — Utpannā Ekādaśī
Birth-day of Ekādaśī Devī herself; first Ekādaśī observed historically.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.20 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
कर्मणैव हि संसिद्धिमास्थिता जनकादयः।

लोकसंग्रहमेवापि संपश्यन्कर्तुमर्हसि।।3.20।।
"3.20 King Janaka and others attained perfection through action alone. Even for the sake of enlightening the world, it is thy duty to act;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2011 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1876 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1361
Malayalam Era: 1130
Nanakshahi: 485
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya184.88°TulāCitrā P4
चन्द्र Candra132.64°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala277.72°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha201.52°TulāViśākhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati95.63°KarkaPuṣya P1
शुक्र Śukra217.34°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शनि Śani197.49°TulāSvātī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:07 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:34 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:02 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 40 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 19 Mins 09 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:53 – 05:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:28 – 06:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta17:55 – 18:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:07 – 18:37
Amṛta Kāla17:52 – 19:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:40

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:49 – 12:17
Yamaganda15:12 – 16:40
Gulika Kāla07:54 – 09:22
Varjyam06:56 – 07:15
Dur Muhūrta 09:10 – 09:34

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (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):
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 Chala06:27 – 07:54 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:54 – 09:22 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:22 – 10:49 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:49 – 12:17 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:17 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:45 – 15:12 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:12 – 16:40 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:40 – 18:07 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:07 – 19:40 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:40 – 21:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:12 – 22:45 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:45 – 00:17 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:17 – 01:49 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:49 – 03:22 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:22 – 04:54 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:54 – 06:27 (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 Year5056 · Kali-5056
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1846572.27 · 5055.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2435037.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.2217° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)305.74° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (23.2217°) · declination -10.80° · EoT 15.95 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:1954-10-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)