पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · January 8, 2020 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 3.5 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
न हि कश्िचत्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत्।

कार्यते ह्यवशः कर्म सर्वः प्रकृतिजैर्गुणैः।।3.5।।
"3.5 He cannot even for a moment remain really inactive, for the Qualities of Nature will compel him to act whether he will or no." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.07°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra48.14°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala218.73°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha261.26°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati254.18°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra298.60°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani268.04°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:04 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:49 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 10 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 49 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:35 – 06:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:08 – 07:04
Abhijit Muhūrta12:17 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:32 – 15:16
Godhūli Muhūrta18:03 – 18:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:15 – 18:43
Amṛta Kāla18:00 – 19:45
Niśīta Muhūrta00:17 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:40 – 14:04
Yamaganda08:28 – 09:52
Gulika Kāla11:16 – 12:40
Varjyam07:32 – 07:50
Dur Muhūrta 09:41 – 10:03

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:04 – 08:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:28 – 09:52 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:52 – 11:16 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:16 – 12:40 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:40 – 14:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:04 – 15:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:27 – 16:51 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:51 – 18:15 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:15 – 19:51 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:51 – 21:27 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:27 – 23:04 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:04 – 00:40 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:40 – 02:16 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:16 – 03:52 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:52 – 05:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:28 – 07:04 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Trayodaśī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870391.27
Julian Day2458856.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1326°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)144.79°
🪷 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 (24.1326°), declination -22.33°, EoT -6.70 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: 2020-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)