पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · January 1, 1993 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.23 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः।

न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः।।2.23।।
"2.23 Weapons cleave It not, fire burns It not, water drenches It not, and wind dries It not." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2050 Vyaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1915 Śrīmukha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1400
Malayalam Era: 1169
Nanakshahi: 524
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya256.88°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra345.56°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala86.70°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha243.92°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati169.59°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra303.05°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani292.53°MakaraŚravaṇa P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:37 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:25 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 09 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 50 Mins 58 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:33 – 06:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:06 – 07:02
Abhijit Muhūrta12:14 – 12:59
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta17:59 – 18:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:11 – 18:39
Amṛta Kāla17:56 – 19:41
Niśīta Muhūrta00:14 – 00:59

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:13 – 12:37
Yamaganda15:24 – 16:48
Gulika Kāla08:26 – 09:49
Varjyam07:30 – 07:48
Dur Muhūrta 09:38 – 10:01

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Chala07:02 – 08:26 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:26 – 09:49 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:49 – 11:13 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:13 – 12:37 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:37 – 14:00 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:00 – 15:24 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:24 – 16:48 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:48 – 18:11 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:11 – 19:48 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:48 – 21:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:24 – 23:00 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:00 – 00:37 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:37 – 02:13 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:13 – 03:49 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:49 – 05:26 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:26 – 07:02 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5094 · Kali-5094
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1860523.27 · 5093.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2448988.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7552° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)91.18° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (23.7552°) · declination -23.01° · EoT -3.71 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:1993-01-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)