पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · April 8, 1973 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: रामानुजाचार्य जयन्ती — Rāmānujācārya Jayantī
Birth of Rāmānujācārya; Viśiṣṭādvaita-pratiṣṭhāpaka. Caitra Śukla 5.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.2 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्यागः शान्तिरपैशुनम्।दया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम्।।16.2।।
"16.2 harmlessness, truth, absence of wrath, renunciation, contentment, straightforwardness, compassion towards all, uncovetousness, courtesy, modesty, constancy," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2030 Akṣaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1895 Pramādī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1380
Malayalam Era: 1149
Nanakshahi: 504
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya354.59°MīnaRevatī P3
चन्द्र Candra56.34°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala285.52°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha327.47°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati284.99°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शुक्र Śukra354.52°MīnaRevatī P3
शनि Śani52.92°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:23 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:47 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:10 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 24 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 35 Mins 53 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:44 – 05:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:21 – 06:23
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 13:00
Vijaya Muhūrta14:39 – 15:29
Godhūli Muhūrta18:35 – 18:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:47 – 19:18
Amṛta Kāla18:32 – 20:17
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 01:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:14 – 18:47
Yamaganda12:35 – 14:08
Gulika Kāla15:41 – 17:14
Varjyam06:54 – 07:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:23 – 07:56 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:56 – 09:29 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:29 – 11:02 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:02 – 12:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:35 – 14:08 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:08 – 15:41 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:41 – 17:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:14 – 18:47 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:47 – 20:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:14 – 21:41 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:41 – 23:08 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:08 – 00:35 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:35 – 02:02 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:02 – 03:29 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:29 – 04:56 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:56 – 06:23 (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 Year5074 · Kali-5074
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1853315.27 · 5074.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2441780.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4796° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)59.26° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 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 (23.4796°) · declination 7.08° · EoT -2.19 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:1973-04-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)