पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · December 18, 1963 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.56 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः।मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम्।।18.56।।
"18.56 Relying on Me in all his action and doing them for My sake, he attains, by My Grace, Eternal and Unchangeable Life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.56's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2020 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1885 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1370
Malayalam Era: 1139
Nanakshahi: 494
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya242.04°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra263.67°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala256.81°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha262.91°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati347.17°MīnaRevatī P1
शुक्र Śukra270.05°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani296.43°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:04 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:22 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:31 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 08 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 51 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:27 – 06:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:01 – 06:56
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta17:52 – 18:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:04 – 18:32
Amṛta Kāla17:49 – 19:34
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 00:53

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:30 – 13:54
Yamaganda08:20 – 09:43
Gulika Kāla11:07 – 12:30
Varjyam07:24 – 07:42
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:54

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:56 – 08:20 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:20 – 09:43 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:43 – 11:07 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:07 – 12:30 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:30 – 13:54 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:54 – 15:17 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:17 – 16:41 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:41 – 18:04 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:04 – 19:41 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:41 – 21:17 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:17 – 22:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:54 – 00:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:30 – 02:07 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:07 – 03:43 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:43 – 05:20 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:20 – 06:56 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5065 · Kali-5065
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1849916.27 · 5064.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2438381.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.3496° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)23.25° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (23.3496°) · declination -23.36° · EoT 2.79 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:1963-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)