पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · May 8, 2018 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 5.11 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga

कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि।

योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वाऽऽत्मशुद्धये।।5.11।।

"5.11 The sage performs his action dispassionately, using his body, mind and intellect, and even his senses, always as a means of purification." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 5.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1425

Malayalam Era: 1194

Nanakshahi: 549

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	23.31°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra	292.84°	Makara	Śravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	272.26°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha	357.62°	Mīna	Revatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	204.21°	Tulā	Viśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra	51.82°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
शनि Śani	254.59°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:29 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	00:44 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	12:11 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 49 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 10 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:22 – 05:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:01 – 06:05
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:04 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:38 – 15:29
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:42 – 19:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:54 – 19:26
Amṛta Kāla	18:39 – 20:24
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:04 – 00:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:42 – 17:18
Yamaganda	09:17 – 10:53
Gulika Kāla	12:29 – 14:06
Varjyam	06:37 – 06:57
Dur Muhūrta	09:04 – 09:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	06:05 – 07:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:41 – 09:17 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	09:17 – 10:53 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:53 – 12:29 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:29 – 14:06 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	14:06 – 15:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	15:42 – 17:18 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	17:18 – 18:54 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	18:54 – 20:18 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	20:18 – 21:42 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	21:42 – 23:06 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	23:06 – 00:29 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:29 – 01:53 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:53 – 03:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	03:17 – 04:41 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:41 – 06:05 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 16.705°

Longitude: 74.2433°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869781.27
Julian Day	2458246.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1093°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	271.50°

🪷 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 (24.1093°), declination 17.03°, EoT 3.58 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: 2018-05-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)