पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · January 30, 2008 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 18.47 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्।स्वभावनियतं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्।।18.47।।
"18.47 It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.47's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya285.54°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra193.71°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala60.02°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha299.71°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati256.20°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra252.94°DhanuMūla P4
शनि Śani132.93°SiṃhaMaghā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:28 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:46 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:54 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:24 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 22 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 37 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:34 – 06:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:08 – 07:05
Abhijit Muhūrta12:24 – 13:09
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta18:16 – 18:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:28 – 18:56
Amṛta Kāla18:13 – 19:58
Niśīta Muhūrta00:24 – 01:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:46 – 14:12
Yamaganda08:30 – 09:56
Gulika Kāla11:21 – 12:46
Varjyam07:33 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:44 – 10:07

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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 · 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 Labha07:05 – 08:30 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:30 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:56 – 11:21 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:21 – 12:46 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:46 – 14:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:12 – 15:37 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:37 – 17:02 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:02 – 18:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:28 – 20:02 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:02 – 21:37 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:37 – 23:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:12 – 00:46 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:46 – 02:21 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:21 – 03:56 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:56 – 05:30 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:30 – 07:05 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Svātī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866030.27
Julian Day2454495.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9659°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)268.02°
🪷 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 (23.9659°), declination -17.87°, EoT -13.36 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: 2008-01-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)