पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · January 28, 1968 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: 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 2.31 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
स्वधर्ममपि चावेक्ष्य न विकम्पितुमर्हसि।

धर्म्याद्धि युद्धाछ्रेयोऽन्यत्क्षत्रियस्य न विद्यते।।2.31।।
"2.31 Thou must look at thy duty. Nothing can be more welcome to a soldier than a righteous war. Therefore to waver in this resolve is unworthy, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.31's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.77°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra262.50°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala321.52°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha302.11°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati130.79°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शुक्र Śukra248.62°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani344.97°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:27 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:46 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:47 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 21 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 38 Mins 40 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:34 – 06:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:09 – 07:05
Abhijit Muhūrta12:23 – 13:09
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:15 – 18:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:27 – 18:55
Amṛta Kāla18:12 – 19:57
Niśīta Muhūrta00:23 – 01:09

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:01 – 18:27
Yamaganda12:46 – 14:11
Gulika Kāla15:36 – 17:01
Varjyam07:34 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:44 – 10:07

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Udveg07:05 – 08:31 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:31 – 09:56 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:56 – 11:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:21 – 12:46 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:46 – 14:11 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:11 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:36 – 17:01 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:01 – 18:27 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:27 – 20:01 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:01 – 21:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:36 – 23:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:11 – 00:46 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:46 – 02:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:21 – 03:56 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:56 – 05:31 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:31 – 07:05 (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 Year5069 · Kali-5069
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1851418.27 · 5069.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2439883.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4070° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)340.54° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.4070°) · declination -18.48° · EoT -12.97 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:1968-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)