पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · August 25, 1976 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: महालय अमावस्या — Mahālaya Amāvasyā (Sarvapitṛ Amāvasyā)
Final day of Pitṛ-Pakṣa; tarpaṇa for all ancestors.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.34 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
मृत्युः सर्वहरश्चाहमुद्भवश्च भविष्यताम्।

कीर्तिः श्रीर्वाक्च नारीणां स्मृतिर्मेधा धृतिः क्षमा।।10.34।।
"10.34 I am all-devouring Death; I am the Origin of all that shall happen; I am Fame, Fortune, Speech, Memory, Intellect, Constancy and Forgiveness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2033 Śukla
Śaka Saṁvat: 1898 Nala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1383
Malayalam Era: 1152
Nanakshahi: 507
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya128.44°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra122.85°SiṃhaMaghā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala157.31°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha156.03°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati36.53°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
शुक्र Śukra147.35°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani106.38°KarkaPuṣya P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:51 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:54 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 33 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 26 Mins 43 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:38 – 05:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:15 – 06:18
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 13:00
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta18:39 – 19:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:51 – 19:23
Amṛta Kāla18:36 – 20:21
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 01:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:35 – 14:09
Yamaganda07:52 – 09:26
Gulika Kāla11:01 – 12:35
Varjyam06:49 – 07:10
Dur Muhūrta 09:14 – 09:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:18 – 07:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:52 – 09:26 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:26 – 11:01 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:01 – 12:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:35 – 14:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:09 – 15:43 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:43 – 17:17 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:17 – 18:51 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:51 – 20:17 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:17 – 21:43 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:43 – 23:09 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:09 – 00:35 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:35 – 02:01 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:01 – 03:26 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:26 – 04:52 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:52 – 06:18 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Maghā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

🌌 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 Year5078 · Kali-5078
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1854550.27 · 5077.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2443015.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5268° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)353.26° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 30/30)
🪷 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 (23.5268°) · declination 10.77° · EoT -1.71 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:1976-08-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)