पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · December 30, 2008 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 7.24 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
अव्यक्तं व्यक्ितमापन्नं मन्यन्ते मामबुद्धयः।

परं भावमजानन्तो ममाव्ययमनुत्तमम्।।7.24।।
"7.24 The ignorant think of Me, who am the Unmanifested Spirit, as if I were really in human form. They do not understand that My Superior Nature is changeless and most excellent." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya254.73°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra282.17°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala247.95°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha272.85°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati274.98°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra300.98°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani147.58°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:36 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:05 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 08 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 51 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:32 – 06:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:06 – 07:02
Abhijit Muhūrta12:14 – 12:58
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta17:58 – 18:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:10 – 18:38
Amṛta Kāla17:55 – 19:40
Niśīta Muhūrta00:14 – 00:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:23 – 16:47
Yamaganda09:49 – 11:12
Gulika Kāla12:36 – 13:59
Varjyam07:29 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:38 – 10:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:02 – 08:25 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:25 – 09:49 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:49 – 11:12 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:12 – 12:36 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:36 – 13:59 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:59 – 15:23 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:23 – 16:47 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:47 – 18:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:10 – 19:47 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:47 – 21:23 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:23 – 22:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:59 – 00:36 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:36 – 02:12 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:12 – 03:49 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:49 – 05:25 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:25 – 07:02 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866365.27
Julian Day2454830.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9787°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)29.97°
🪷 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 (23.9787°), declination -23.15°, EoT -2.80 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: 2008-12-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)