पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · December 21, 2013 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 1.18 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
द्रुपदो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्वशः पृथिवीपते।

सौभद्रश्च महाबाहुः शङ्खान्दध्मुः पृथक्पृथक्।।1.18।।
"1.18 And O King! Drupada, the sons of Droupadi and Soubhadra, the great soldier, blew their conches." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya245.28°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra104.96°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala162.31°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha240.43°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati82.85°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra274.73°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani204.99°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:58 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:06 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 07 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 52 Mins 09 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:29 – 06:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:02 – 06:58
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:54
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta17:54 – 18:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:06 – 18:33
Amṛta Kāla17:51 – 19:36
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:54

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:45 – 11:08
Yamaganda13:55 – 15:19
Gulika Kāla06:58 – 08:21
Varjyam07:26 – 07:43
Dur Muhūrta 09:34 – 09:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:58 – 08:21 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:21 – 09:45 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:45 – 11:08 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:08 – 12:32 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:32 – 13:55 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:55 – 15:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:19 – 16:42 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:42 – 18:06 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:06 – 19:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:42 – 21:19 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:19 – 22:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:55 – 00:32 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:32 – 02:08 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:08 – 03:45 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:45 – 05:21 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:21 – 06:58 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868182.27
Julian Day2456647.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0482°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)223.22°
🪷 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 (24.0482°), declination -23.43°, EoT 1.38 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: 2013-12-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)