पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · April 16, 1998 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: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.4 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
यजन्ते सात्त्विका देवान्यक्षरक्षांसि राजसाः।प्रेतान्भूतगणांश्चान्ये यजन्ते तामसा जनाः।।17.4।।
"17.4 The Pure worship the true God; the Passionate, the powers of wealth and magic; the Ignorant, the spirits of the dead and of the lower orders of nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya2.03°MeṣaAśvinī P1
चन्द्र Candra227.42°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala8.46°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha346.90°MīnaRevatī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati322.65°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra316.59°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani359.83°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:17 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:49 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:00 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 31 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 28 Mins 41 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:37 – 05:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:15 – 06:17
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 12:58
Vijaya Muhūrta14:38 – 15:28
Godhūli Muhūrta18:37 – 19:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:49 – 19:20
Amṛta Kāla18:34 – 20:19
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 00:58

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:07 – 15:41
Yamaganda06:17 – 07:51
Gulika Kāla09:25 – 10:59
Varjyam06:49 – 07:09
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:17 – 07:51 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:51 – 09:25 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:25 – 10:59 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:59 – 12:33 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:33 – 14:07 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:07 – 15:41 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:41 – 17:15 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:15 – 18:49 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:49 – 20:15 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:15 – 21:41 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:41 – 23:07 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:07 – 00:33 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:33 – 01:59 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:59 – 03:25 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:25 – 04:51 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:51 – 06:17 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

🌌 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)1862454.27 · 5099.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450919.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8291° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)228.72° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (23.8291°) · declination 9.99° · EoT 0.02 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:1998-04-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)