पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · March 30, 1987 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: चैत्र नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Caitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā)
Spring Navrātri begins; Vasanta-pakṣa Devī worship. Maharashtra: Gudhi Padwā. South: Ugadi. Sindhi: Cheti Chand.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.22 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय

नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि।

तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा-

न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही।।2.22।।
"2.22 As a man discards his threadbare robes and puts on new, so the Spirit throws off Its worn-out bodies and takes fresh ones." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2044 Vikrama
Śaka Saṁvat: 1909 Prabhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1394
Malayalam Era: 1163
Nanakshahi: 518
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya345.14°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra351.48°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala32.06°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
बुध Budha317.80°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati343.63°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra308.14°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani237.14°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:46 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:38 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:54 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:13 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 15 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 44 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:52 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:29 – 06:30
Abhijit Muhūrta12:13 – 13:03
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:30
Godhūli Muhūrta18:34 – 18:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:46 – 19:16
Amṛta Kāla18:31 – 20:16
Niśīta Muhūrta00:13 – 01:03

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:02 – 09:34
Yamaganda11:06 – 12:38
Gulika Kāla14:10 – 15:42
Varjyam07:01 – 07:21
Dur Muhūrta 09:22 – 09:46

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:30 – 08:02 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:02 – 09:34 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:34 – 11:06 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:06 – 12:38 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:38 – 14:10 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:10 – 15:42 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:42 – 17:14 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:14 – 18:46 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:46 – 20:14 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:14 – 21:42 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:42 – 23:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:10 – 00:38 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:38 – 02:06 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:06 – 03:34 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:34 – 05:02 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:02 – 06:30 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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)1858419.27 · 5088.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2446884.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6748° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)8.14° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.6748°) · declination 3.49° · EoT -4.98 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:1987-03-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)