पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · August 12, 2005 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.1 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाचएवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते।येचाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः।।12.1।।
"12.1 "Arjuna asked: My Lord! Which are the better devotees who worship Thee, those who try to know Thee as a Personal God, or those who worship Thee as Impersonal and Indestructible?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2062 Vilambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1927 Pārthiva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1412
Malayalam Era: 1181
Nanakshahi: 536
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya115.52°KarkaAśleṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra192.72°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala14.17°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha105.66°KarkaPuṣya P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati171.57°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra149.95°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani99.34°KarkaPuṣya P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:16 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:00 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:38 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:01 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:32 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 44 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 15 Mins 54 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:34 – 05:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:12 – 06:16
Abhijit Muhūrta12:12 – 13:03
Vijaya Muhūrta14:45 – 15:36
Godhūli Muhūrta18:48 – 19:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:00 – 19:32
Amṛta Kāla18:45 – 20:30
Niśīta Muhūrta00:12 – 01:03

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:02 – 12:38
Yamaganda15:49 – 17:24
Gulika Kāla07:51 – 09:27
Varjyam06:48 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta 09:14 – 09:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:16 – 07:51 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:51 – 09:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:27 – 11:02 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:02 – 12:38 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:38 – 14:13 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:13 – 15:49 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:49 – 17:24 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:24 – 19:00 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:00 – 20:24 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:24 – 21:49 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:49 – 23:13 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:13 – 00:38 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:38 – 02:02 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:02 – 03:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:27 – 04:51 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:51 – 06:16 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5107 · Kali-5107
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865129.27 · 5106.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453594.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9314° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)81.26° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 7/30)
🪷 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 (23.9314°) · declination 14.99° · EoT -4.74 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:2005-08-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)