पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · February 4, 2008 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: 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 18.52 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः।ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः।।18.52।।
"18.52 Enjoying solitude, abstemiousness, his body, mind and speech under perfect control, absorbed in meditation, he becomes free - always filled with the spirit of renunciation." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.52'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 (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya290.61°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra253.80°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala60.12°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha296.37°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati257.26°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra259.10°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani132.59°SiṃhaMaghā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:04 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:47 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:47 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 26 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 33 Mins 25 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:32 – 06:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:07 – 07:04
Abhijit Muhūrta12:24 – 13:10
Vijaya Muhūrta14:42 – 15:27
Godhūli Muhūrta18:18 – 18:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:30 – 18:59
Amṛta Kāla18:15 – 20:00
Niśīta Muhūrta00:24 – 01:10

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:30 – 09:55
Yamaganda11:21 – 12:47
Gulika Kāla14:13 – 15:39
Varjyam07:32 – 07:51
Dur Muhūrta 09:44 – 10:07

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:04 – 08:30 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:30 – 09:55 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:55 – 11:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:21 – 12:47 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:47 – 14:13 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:13 – 15:39 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:39 – 17:05 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:05 – 18:30 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:30 – 20:05 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:05 – 21:39 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:39 – 23:13 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:13 – 00:47 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:47 – 02:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:21 – 03:55 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:55 – 05:30 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:30 – 07:04 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5109 · Kali-5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866035.27 · 5109.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454500.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9660° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)322.13° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 27/30)
🪷 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 (23.9660°) · declination -16.46° · EoT -14.09 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:2008-02-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)