पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · December 15, 2001 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: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.12 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा।रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ।।14.12।।
"14.12 O best of Indians! Avarice, the impulse to act and the beginning of action itself are all due to the dominance of Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2058 Jaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1923 Vṛṣa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1408
Malayalam Era: 1177
Nanakshahi: 532
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya239.25°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra241.32°DhanuMūla P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala310.60°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
बुध Budha244.88°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati78.90°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra231.95°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani46.57°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:55 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:03 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:04 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:10 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 08 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 51 Mins 40 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:26 – 06:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:59 – 06:55
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta17:51 – 18:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:03 – 18:31
Amṛta Kāla17:48 – 19:33
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 00:51

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:42 – 11:05
Yamaganda13:52 – 15:16
Gulika Kāla06:55 – 08:18
Varjyam07:23 – 07:40
Dur Muhūrta 09:31 – 09:53

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ 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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:55 – 08:18 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:18 – 09:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:42 – 11:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:05 – 12:29 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:29 – 13:52 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:52 – 15:16 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:16 – 16:39 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:39 – 18:03 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:03 – 19:39 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:39 – 21:16 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:16 – 22:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:52 – 00:29 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:29 – 02:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:05 – 03:42 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:42 – 05:18 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:18 – 06:55 (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 Year5103 · Kali-5103
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863793.27 · 5102.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452258.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8803° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)3.95° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.8803°) · declination -23.26° · EoT 4.18 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:2001-12-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)