पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · February 13, 1991 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: महा शिवरात्रि — Mahā Śivarātri
The greatest night of Lord Śiva; cosmic dance of dissolution.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.36 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून् वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः।

निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम्।।2.36।।
"2.36 Thine enemies will spread scandal and mock at thy courage. Can anything be more humiliating?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2048 Tāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1913 Prajāpati
Bengali Saṁvat: 1398
Malayalam Era: 1167
Nanakshahi: 522
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya300.09°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra280.74°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala43.51°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha287.64°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati102.79°KarkaPuṣya P3
शुक्र Śukra324.84°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani276.81°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:01 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:35 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:48 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:52 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 33 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 26 Mins 05 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:28 – 06:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:03 – 07:01
Abhijit Muhūrta12:24 – 13:11
Vijaya Muhūrta14:43 – 15:30
Godhūli Muhūrta18:23 – 18:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:35 – 19:03
Amṛta Kāla18:20 – 20:05
Niśīta Muhūrta00:24 – 01:11

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:48 – 14:14
Yamaganda08:27 – 09:54
Gulika Kāla11:21 – 12:48
Varjyam07:30 – 07:48
Dur Muhūrta 09:43 – 10:06

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:01 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:27 – 09:54 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:54 – 11:21 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:21 – 12:48 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:48 – 14:14 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:14 – 15:41 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:41 – 17:08 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:08 – 18:35 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:35 – 20:08 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:08 – 21:41 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:41 – 23:14 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:14 – 00:48 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:48 – 02:21 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:21 – 03:54 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:54 – 05:27 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:27 – 07:01 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

12 steps · festival walk
Today is Mahā Śivarātri — its dedicated walk.
Śiva-stuti through Bhāgavata + Mahābhārata Anuśāsana.

🌌 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 Year5092 · Kali-5092
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1859835.27 · 5092.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2448300.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7289° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)339.70° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.7289°) · declination -13.58° · EoT -14.60 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:1991-02-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)