पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · April 30, 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 17.18 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सत्कारमानपूजार्थं तपो दम्भेन चैव यत्।क्रियते तदिह प्रोक्तं राजसं चलमध्रुवम्।।17.18।।
"17.18 Austerity coupled with hypocrisy or performed for the sake of self-glorification, popularity or vanity, comes from Passion, and its result is always doubtful and temporary." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla 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)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya15.68°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra64.44°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala18.80°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
बुध Budha349.64°MīnaRevatī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati325.51°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra332.00°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani1.59°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:13 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:18 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 43 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 16 Mins 46 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:27 – 05:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:05 – 06:09
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:56
Vijaya Muhūrta14:37 – 15:28
Godhūli Muhūrta18:40 – 19:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:52 – 19:24
Amṛta Kāla18:37 – 20:22
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:56

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:06 – 15:41
Yamaganda06:09 – 07:44
Gulika Kāla09:19 – 10:55
Varjyam06:40 – 07:01
Dur Muhūrta 09:07 – 09:32

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:09 – 07:44 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:44 – 09:19 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:19 – 10:55 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:55 – 12:30 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:30 – 14:06 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:06 – 15:41 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:41 – 17:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:16 – 18:52 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:52 – 20:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:16 – 21:41 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:41 – 23:06 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:06 – 00:30 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:30 – 01:55 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:55 – 03:19 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:19 – 04:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:44 – 06:09 (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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862468.27 · 5099.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450933.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8296° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)47.06° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.8296°) · declination 14.66° · EoT 2.79 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:1998-04-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)