पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · December 28, 1999 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 13.30 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
प्रकृत्यैव च कर्माणि क्रियमाणानि सर्वशः।यः पश्यति तथाऽऽत्मानमकर्तारं स पश्यति।।13.30।।
"13.30 He who understands that it is only the Law of Nature that brings action to fruition, and that the Self never acts, alone knows the Truth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2056 Nandana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1921 Pramāthi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1406
Malayalam Era: 1175
Nanakshahi: 530
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 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya251.99°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra143.49°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala300.65°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha241.13°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati1.26°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शुक्र Śukra212.34°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani16.57°MeṣaBharaṇī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:01 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:09 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:12 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 08 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 51 Mins 48 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:32 – 06:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:05 – 07:01
Abhijit Muhūrta12:13 – 12:57
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta17:57 – 18:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:09 – 18:37
Amṛta Kāla17:54 – 19:39
Niśīta Muhūrta00:13 – 00:57

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:22 – 16:45
Yamaganda09:48 – 11:11
Gulika Kāla12:35 – 13:58
Varjyam07:29 – 07:46
Dur Muhūrta 09:37 – 09:59

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 Roga07:01 – 08:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:24 – 09:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:48 – 11:11 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:11 – 12:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:35 – 13:58 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:58 – 15:22 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:22 – 16:45 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:45 – 18:09 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:09 – 19:45 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:45 – 21:22 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:22 – 22:58 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:58 – 00:35 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:35 – 02:11 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:11 – 03:48 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:48 – 05:24 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:24 – 07:01 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5101 · Kali-5101
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863075.27 · 5100.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451540.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8528° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)248.67° · 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 (23.8528°) · declination -23.31° · EoT -1.89 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:1999-12-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)