पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · September 4, 2004 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: बलराम जयन्ती — Balarāma Jayantī (Hala-Ṣaṣṭhī)
Birth of Bala-deva, Krishna's elder brother and Saṅkarṣaṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.9 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः।

तदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसंगः समाचर।।3.9।।
"3.9 In this world people are fettered by action, unless it is performed as a sacrifice. Therefore, O Arjuna, let thy acts be done without attachment, as sacrifice only." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya137.94°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra19.02°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala141.69°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha121.98°SiṃhaMaghā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati151.78°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra92.90°KarkaPunarvasu P4
शनि Śani89.71°MithunaPunarvasu P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:19 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:44 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:14 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:58 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 24 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 35 Mins 48 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:40 – 05:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:17 – 06:19
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 12:56
Vijaya Muhūrta14:36 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:32 – 18:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:44 – 19:15
Amṛta Kāla18:29 – 20:14
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 00:56

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:25 – 10:59
Yamaganda14:05 – 15:38
Gulika Kāla06:19 – 07:52
Varjyam06:50 – 07:10
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:19 – 07:52 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:52 – 09:25 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:25 – 10:59 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:59 – 12:32 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:32 – 14:05 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:05 – 15:38 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:38 – 17:11 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:11 – 18:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:44 – 20:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:11 – 21:38 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:38 – 23:05 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:05 – 00:32 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:32 – 01:59 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:59 – 03:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:25 – 04:52 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:52 – 06:19 (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 Year5106 · Kali-5106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864787.27 · 5105.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453252.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9183° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)241.61° · 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 (23.9183°) · declination 7.12° · EoT 1.50 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:2004-09-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)