पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · January 5, 2006 CE

🪷 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 17.21 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
यत्तु प्रत्युपकारार्थं फलमुद्दिश्य वा पुनः।दीयते च परिक्लिष्टं तद्दानं राजसं स्मृतम्।।17.21।।
"17.21 That which is given for the sake of the results it will produce, or with the hope of recompense,or grudgingly - that may truly be said to be the outcome of Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya260.61°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra327.95°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala18.12°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
बुध Budha247.71°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati200.61°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra274.61°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani105.57°KarkaPuṣya P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:03 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:38 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:09 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 10 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 49 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:34 – 06:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:08 – 07:03
Abhijit Muhūrta12:16 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta18:02 – 18:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:14 – 18:41
Amṛta Kāla17:59 – 19:44
Niśīta Muhūrta00:16 – 01:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:02 – 15:26
Yamaganda07:03 – 08:27
Gulika Kāla09:51 – 11:15
Varjyam07:31 – 07:49
Dur Muhūrta 09:40 – 10:02

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:03 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:27 – 09:51 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:51 – 11:15 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:15 – 12:38 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:38 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:02 – 15:26 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:26 – 16:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:50 – 18:14 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:14 – 19:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:50 – 21:26 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:26 – 23:02 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:02 – 00:38 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:38 – 02:15 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:15 – 03:51 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:51 – 05:27 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:27 – 07:03 (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

Kali Year5107
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865275.27
Julian Day2453740.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9370°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)64.18°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (23.9370°), declination -22.64°, EoT -5.45 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2006-01-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)