पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · November 18, 1966 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: स्कन्द षष्ठी — Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī
Kārttikeya's victory over Tāraka. Important Shaiva day in Tamil tradition.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.5 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga🪷 Na Ca Mat-sthāni Bhūtāni · The Bīja-Sūtra of Manifested Brahman
न च मत्स्थानि भूतानि पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम्।

भूतभृन्न च भूतस्थो ममात्मा भूतभावनः।।9.5।।
"9.5 Nevertheless, they do not consciously abide in Me. Such is My Divine Sovereignty that though I, the Supreme Self, am the cause and upholder of all, yet I remain outside." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2023 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1888 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1373
Malayalam Era: 1142
Nanakshahi: 497
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya211.86°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
चन्द्र Candra279.82°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala148.27°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha211.04°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati101.58°KarkaPuṣya P3
शुक्र Śukra214.59°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शनि Śani330.25°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:39 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:59 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:12 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 19 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 40 Mins 15 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:08 – 05:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:42 – 06:39
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:47 – 18:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:59 – 18:27
Amṛta Kāla17:44 – 19:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:41

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:54 – 12:19
Yamaganda15:09 – 16:34
Gulika Kāla08:04 – 09:29
Varjyam07:07 – 07:25
Dur Muhūrta 09:18 – 09:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:39 – 08:04 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:04 – 09:29 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:29 – 10:54 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:54 – 12:19 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:19 – 13:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:44 – 15:09 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:09 – 16:34 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:34 – 17:59 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:59 – 19:34 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:34 – 21:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:09 – 22:44 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:44 – 00:19 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:19 – 01:54 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:54 – 03:29 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:29 – 05:04 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:04 – 06:39 (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 Year5068 · Kali-5068
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1850982.27 · 5067.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2439447.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.3903° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)67.67° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (23.3903°) · declination -19.07° · EoT 14.21 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:1966-11-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)