पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · March 15, 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: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.6 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन्।

इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते।।3.6।।
"3.6 He who remains motionless, refusing to act, but all the while brooding over sensuous object, that deluded soul is simply a hypocrite." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2025 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1890 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1375
Malayalam Era: 1144
Nanakshahi: 499
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya331.12°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra154.48°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala357.40°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha304.16°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati125.00°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शुक्र Śukra306.44°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani349.91°MīnaRevatī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:42 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:44 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:00 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 01 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 58 Mins 16 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:06 – 05:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:42 – 06:42
Abhijit Muhūrta12:19 – 13:07
Vijaya Muhūrta14:43 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta18:32 – 18:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:44 – 19:14
Amṛta Kāla18:29 – 20:14
Niśīta Muhūrta00:19 – 01:07

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:12 – 12:43
Yamaganda15:43 – 17:13
Gulika Kāla08:12 – 09:42
Varjyam07:12 – 07:31
Dur Muhūrta 09:30 – 09:54

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ 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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:42 – 08:12 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:12 – 09:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:42 – 11:12 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:12 – 12:43 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:43 – 14:13 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:13 – 15:43 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:43 – 17:13 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:13 – 18:44 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:44 – 20:13 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:13 – 21:43 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:43 – 23:13 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:13 – 00:43 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:43 – 02:12 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:12 – 03:42 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:42 – 05:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:12 – 06:42 (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 Year5069 · Kali-5069
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1851465.27 · 5069.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2439930.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4088° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)181.77° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (23.4088°) · declination -2.17° · EoT -9.65 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:1968-03-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)