पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · December 20, 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: 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 12.13 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च।निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः समदुःखसुखः क्षमी।।12.13।।
"12.13 He who is incapable of hatred towards any being, who is kind and compassionate, free from selfishness, without pride, equable in pleasure and in pain, and forgiving," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya244.36°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra134.23°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala277.57°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha237.96°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati296.02°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra279.23°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani349.68°MīnaRevatī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:57 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:31 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:58 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:23 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 07 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 52 Mins 08 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:28 – 06:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:02 – 06:57
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:33
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:53

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:44 – 11:08
Yamaganda13:55 – 15:18
Gulika Kāla06:57 – 08:21
Varjyam07:25 – 07:43
Dur Muhūrta 09:33 – 09:55

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:57 – 08:21 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:21 – 09:44 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:44 – 11:08 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:08 – 12:31 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:31 – 13:55 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:55 – 15:18 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:18 – 16:42 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:42 – 18:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:05 – 19:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:42 – 21:18 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:18 – 22:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:55 – 00:31 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:31 – 02:08 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:08 – 03:44 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:44 – 05:21 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:21 – 06:57 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862337.27 · 5098.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450802.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8246° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)250.92° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (23.8246°) · declination -23.42° · EoT 1.85 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:1997-12-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)