पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · January 25, 2007 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.20 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः।

तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया।।7.20।।
"7.20 They in whom wisdom is obscured by one desire or the other, worship the lesser Powers, practising many rites which vary according to their temperaments." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2064 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1929 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1414
Malayalam Era: 1183
Nanakshahi: 538
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya280.72°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra358.67°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala251.95°DhanuMūla P4
बुध Budha292.41°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati229.60°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra302.08°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani118.85°KarkaAśleṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:44 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:10 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 19 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 40 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:35 – 06:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:09 – 07:05
Abhijit Muhūrta12:23 – 13:08
Vijaya Muhūrta14:39 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta18:13 – 18:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:25 – 18:54
Amṛta Kāla18:10 – 19:55
Niśīta Muhūrta00:23 – 01:08

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:10 – 15:35
Yamaganda07:05 – 08:30
Gulika Kāla09:55 – 11:20
Varjyam07:34 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:44 – 10:07

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:05 – 08:30 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:30 – 09:55 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:55 – 11:20 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:20 – 12:45 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:45 – 14:10 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:10 – 15:35 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:35 – 17:00 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:00 – 18:25 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:25 – 20:00 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:00 – 21:35 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:35 – 23:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:10 – 00:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:45 – 02:20 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:20 – 03:55 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:55 – 05:30 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:30 – 07:05 (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 Year5108
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865660.27
Julian Day2454125.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9517°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)76.18°
🪷 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 (23.9517°), declination -19.09°, EoT -12.31 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: 2007-01-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)