पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · March 21, 1997 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: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.4 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सांख्ययोगौ पृथग्बालाः प्रवदन्ति न पण्डिताः।

एकमप्यास्थितः सम्यगुभयोर्विन्दते फलम्।।5.4।।
"5.4 Only the unenlightened speak of wisdom and right action as separate, not the wise. If any man knows one, he enjoys the fruit of both." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya336.65°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra122.28°SiṃhaMaghā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala151.46°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha345.82°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati289.19°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शुक्र Śukra333.53°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani345.20°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:37 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:45 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:05 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:42 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 07 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 52 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:37 – 06:37
Abhijit Muhūrta12:17 – 13:05
Vijaya Muhūrta14:42 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta18:33 – 18:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:45 – 19:15
Amṛta Kāla18:30 – 20:15
Niśīta Muhūrta00:17 – 01:05

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:10 – 12:41
Yamaganda15:43 – 17:14
Gulika Kāla08:08 – 09:39
Varjyam07:07 – 07:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:51

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:37 – 08:08 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:08 – 09:39 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:39 – 11:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:10 – 12:41 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:41 – 14:12 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:12 – 15:43 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:43 – 17:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:14 – 18:45 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:45 – 20:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:14 – 21:43 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:43 – 23:12 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:12 – 00:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:41 – 02:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:10 – 03:39 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:39 – 05:08 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:08 – 06:37 (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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862063.27 · 5098.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450528.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8141° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)143.96° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (23.8141°) · declination 0.18° · EoT -7.84 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:1997-03-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)