पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · December 16, 2010 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.9 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
कविं पुराणमनुशासितार

मणोरणीयांसमनुस्मरेद्यः।

सर्वस्य धातारमचिन्त्यरूप

मादित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात्।।8.9।।
"8.9 Whoso meditates on the Omniscient, the Ancient, more minute than the atom, yet the Ruler and Upholder of all, Unimaginable, Brilliant like the Sun, Beyond the reach of darkness;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2067 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1932 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1417
Malayalam Era: 1186
Nanakshahi: 541
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya239.95°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra356.81°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala251.96°DhanuMūla P4
बुध Budha249.01°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati330.81°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra195.43°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani171.49°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:55 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:03 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:04 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 08 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 51 Mins 46 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:26 – 06:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:00 – 06:55
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta17:51 – 18:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:03 – 18:31
Amṛta Kāla17:48 – 19:33
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 00:52

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:53 – 15:16
Yamaganda06:55 – 08:19
Gulika Kāla09:42 – 11:06
Varjyam07:23 – 07:41
Dur Muhūrta 09:31 – 09:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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 · 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 Śubha06:55 – 08:19 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:19 – 09:42 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:42 – 11:06 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:06 – 12:29 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:29 – 13:53 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:53 – 15:16 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:16 – 16:40 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:40 – 18:03 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:03 – 19:40 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:40 – 21:16 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:16 – 22:53 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:53 – 00:29 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:29 – 02:06 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:06 – 03:42 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:42 – 05:19 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:19 – 06:55 (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 Year5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867081.27
Julian Day2455546.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0061°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)117.11°
🪷 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 (24.0061°), declination -23.30°, EoT 3.72 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: 2010-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)