पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · December 6, 2009 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.22 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्तु कृत्स्नवदेकस्मिन्कार्ये सक्तमहैतुकम्।अतत्त्वार्थवदल्पं च तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।18.22।।
"18.22 But that which clings blindly to one idea as if it were all, without logic, truth or insight, that has its origin in Darkness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya230.05°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra100.79°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala114.26°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha246.42°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati297.95°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra221.06°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani159.11°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:50 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:00 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:21 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 10 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 49 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:20 – 06:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:54 – 06:50
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta17:48 – 18:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:00 – 18:28
Amṛta Kāla17:45 – 19:30
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:47

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:36 – 18:00
Yamaganda12:25 – 13:49
Gulika Kāla15:13 – 16:36
Varjyam07:18 – 07:35
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:50 – 08:13 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:13 – 09:37 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:37 – 11:01 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:01 – 12:25 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:25 – 13:49 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:49 – 15:13 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:13 – 16:36 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:36 – 18:00 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:00 – 19:36 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:36 – 21:13 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:13 – 22:49 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:49 – 00:25 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:25 – 02:01 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:01 – 03:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:37 – 05:13 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:13 – 06:50 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866706.27
Julian Day2455171.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9917°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)227.97°
🪷 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 (23.9917°), declination -22.48°, EoT 8.14 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: 2009-12-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)