पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · January 20, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.3 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते।सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यं च कूटस्थमचलं ध्रुवम्।।12.3।।
"12.3 Those who worship Me as the Indestructible, the Undefinable, the Omnipresent, the Unthinkable, the Primeval, the Immutable and the Eternal;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya275.55°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra78.96°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala348.40°MīnaRevatī P1
बुध Budha268.81°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati231.44°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra228.90°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani259.39°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:06 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:44 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 16 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 43 Mins 19 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:35 – 06:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:09 – 07:06
Abhijit Muhūrta12:21 – 13:07
Vijaya Muhūrta14:37 – 15:22
Godhūli Muhūrta18:10 – 18:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:22 – 18:51
Amṛta Kāla18:07 – 19:52
Niśīta Muhūrta00:21 – 01:07

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:58 – 18:22
Yamaganda12:44 – 14:09
Gulika Kāla15:33 – 16:58
Varjyam07:34 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:44 – 10:06

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:06 – 08:30 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:30 – 09:55 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:55 – 11:19 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:19 – 12:44 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:44 – 14:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:09 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:33 – 16:58 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:58 – 18:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:22 – 19:58 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:58 – 21:33 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:33 – 23:09 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:09 – 00:44 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:44 – 02:19 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:19 – 03:55 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:55 – 05:30 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:30 – 07:06 (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 Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870038.27
Julian Day2458503.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1191°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)163.40°
🪷 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 (24.1191°), declination -20.22°, EoT -10.96 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: 2019-01-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)