पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · January 15, 1968 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.18 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अन्तवन्त इमे देहा नित्यस्योक्ताः शरीरिणः।

अनाशिनोऽप्रमेयस्य तस्माद्युध्यस्व भारत।।2.18।।
"2.18 The material bodies which this Eternal, Indestructible, Immeasurable Spirit inhabits are all finite. Therefore fight, O Valiant Man!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2025 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1890 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1375
Malayalam Era: 1144
Nanakshahi: 499
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya270.54°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra83.03°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala311.41°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
बुध Budha281.67°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati131.97°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शुक्र Śukra232.80°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani344.03°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:06 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:41 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 13 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 46 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:36 – 06:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:09 – 07:06
Abhijit Muhūrta12:20 – 13:05
Vijaya Muhūrta14:35 – 15:20
Godhūli Muhūrta18:07 – 18:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:19 – 18:47
Amṛta Kāla18:04 – 19:49
Niśīta Muhūrta00:20 – 01:05

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:30 – 09:54
Yamaganda11:18 – 12:42
Gulika Kāla14:07 – 15:31
Varjyam07:34 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:43 – 10:05

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:06 – 08:30 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:30 – 09:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:54 – 11:18 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:18 – 12:42 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:42 – 14:07 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:07 – 15:31 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:31 – 16:55 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:55 – 18:19 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:19 – 19:55 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:55 – 21:31 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:31 – 23:07 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:07 – 00:42 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:42 – 02:18 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:18 – 03:54 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:54 – 05:30 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:30 – 07:06 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

🌌 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 Year5069 · Kali-5069
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1851405.27 · 5069.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2439870.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4065° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)171.66° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 15/30)
🪷 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 (23.4065°) · declination -21.31° · EoT -9.35 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:1968-01-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)