पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · December 13, 1986 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: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.40 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः।सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्ित्रभिर्गुणैः।।18.40।।
"18.40 There is nothing anywhere on earth or in the higher worlds which is free from the three Qualities - for they are born of Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.40's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2043 Pramāthi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1908 Akṣaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1393
Malayalam Era: 1162
Nanakshahi: 517
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya237.06°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra21.41°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala318.04°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
बुध Budha220.76°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati322.06°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra196.48°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani229.16°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:54 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:02 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:43 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:28 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 08 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 51 Mins 15 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:24 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:58 – 06:54
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta17:50 – 18:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:02 – 18:30
Amṛta Kāla17:47 – 19:32
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:41 – 11:04
Yamaganda13:52 – 15:15
Gulika Kāla06:54 – 08:17
Varjyam07:21 – 07:39
Dur Muhūrta 09:30 – 09:52

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:54 – 08:17 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:17 – 09:41 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:41 – 11:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:04 – 12:28 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:28 – 13:52 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:52 – 15:15 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:15 – 16:39 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:39 – 18:02 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:02 – 19:39 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:39 – 21:15 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:15 – 22:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:52 – 00:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:28 – 02:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:04 – 03:41 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:41 – 05:17 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:17 – 06:54 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5088 · Kali-5088
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1858312.27 · 5087.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2446777.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6707° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)143.17° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (23.6707°) · declination -23.11° · EoT 5.09 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:1986-12-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)