पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · February 8, 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 13.13 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
ज्ञेयं यत्तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वाऽमृतमश्नुते।

अनादिमत्परं ब्रह्म न सत्तन्नासदुच्यते।।13.13।।
"13.13 I will speak to thee now of that great Truth which man ought to know, since by its means he will win immortal bliss - that which is without beginning, the Eternal Spirit which dwells in Me, neither with form, nor yet without it." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya294.75°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra152.80°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala300.33°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha269.21°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati254.04°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra335.00°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani329.05°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:03 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:32 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:47 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:24 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 29 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 30 Mins 21 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:31 – 06:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:05 – 07:03
Abhijit Muhūrta12:24 – 13:10
Vijaya Muhūrta14:42 – 15:28
Godhūli Muhūrta18:20 – 18:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:32 – 19:01
Amṛta Kāla18:17 – 20:02
Niśīta Muhūrta00:24 – 01:10

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:14 – 15:40
Yamaganda07:03 – 08:29
Gulika Kāla09:55 – 11:21
Varjyam07:31 – 07:50
Dur Muhūrta 09:44 – 10:07

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (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):
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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:03 – 08:29 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:29 – 09:55 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:55 – 11:21 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:21 – 12:47 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:47 – 14:14 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:14 – 15:40 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:40 – 17:06 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:06 – 18:32 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:32 – 20:06 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:06 – 21:40 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:40 – 23:14 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:14 – 00:47 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:47 – 02:21 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:21 – 03:55 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:55 – 05:29 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:29 – 07:03 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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)1861656.27 · 5097.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450121.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7986° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)220.12° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.7986°) · declination -15.27° · EoT -14.45 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:1996-02-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)