पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · February 2, 1996 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.7 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतनाधृतिः।एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम्।।13.7।।
"13.7 Desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, sympathy, vitality and the persistent clinging to life, these are in brief the constituents of changing Matter." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya288.66°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra79.90°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala295.59°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha265.69°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati252.82°DhanuMūla P4
शुक्र Śukra327.84°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani328.41°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:04 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:47 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:20 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:23 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 25 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 34 Mins 59 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:33 – 06:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:07 – 07:04
Abhijit Muhūrta12:24 – 13:10
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:27
Godhūli Muhūrta18:17 – 18:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:29 – 18:58
Amṛta Kāla18:14 – 19:59
Niśīta Muhūrta00:24 – 01:10

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:21 – 12:47
Yamaganda15:38 – 17:04
Gulika Kāla08:30 – 09:56
Varjyam07:33 – 07:51
Dur Muhūrta 09:44 – 10:07

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:04 – 08:30 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:30 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:56 – 11:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:21 – 12:47 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:47 – 14:12 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:12 – 15:38 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:38 – 17:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:04 – 18:29 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:29 – 20:04 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:04 – 21:38 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:38 – 23:12 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:12 – 00:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:47 – 02:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:21 – 03:56 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:56 – 05:30 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:30 – 07:04 (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 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 Year5097 · Kali-5097
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861650.27 · 5097.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450115.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7983° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)149.98° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.7983°) · declination -17.06° · EoT -13.84 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:1996-02-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)