पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · July 22, 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.44 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कृषिगौरक्ष्यवाणिज्यं वैश्यकर्म स्वभावजम्।परिचर्यात्मकं कर्म शूद्रस्यापि स्वभावजम्।।18.44।।
"18.44 Agriculture, protection of the cow and trade are the duty of a trader, again in accordance with his nature. The duty of a servant is to serve, and that too agrees with his nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya95.71°KarkaPuṣya P1
चन्द्र Candra165.90°KanyāHasta P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala63.74°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
बुध Budha107.48°KarkaAśleṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati256.86°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra54.33°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani343.55°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:08 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:39 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:22 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:18 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 58 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 01 Mins 41 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:26 – 05:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:05 – 06:10
Abhijit Muhūrta12:13 – 13:05
Vijaya Muhūrta14:49 – 15:41
Godhūli Muhūrta18:56 – 19:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:08 – 19:41
Amṛta Kāla18:53 – 20:38
Niśīta Muhūrta00:13 – 01:05

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:47 – 09:25
Yamaganda11:02 – 12:39
Gulika Kāla14:16 – 15:54
Varjyam06:42 – 07:03
Dur Muhūrta 09:12 – 09:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:10 – 07:47 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:47 – 09:25 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:25 – 11:02 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:02 – 12:39 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:39 – 14:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:16 – 15:54 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:54 – 17:31 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:31 – 19:08 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:08 – 20:31 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:31 – 21:54 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:54 – 23:16 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:16 – 00:39 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:39 – 02:02 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:02 – 03:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:25 – 04:47 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:47 – 06:10 (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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861821.27 · 5097.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450286.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8049° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)74.28° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 7/30)
🪷 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 (23.8049°) · declination 20.25° · EoT -6.10 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:1996-07-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)