पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · February 9, 2020 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 3.37 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः।

महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्।।3.37।।
"3.37 Lord Shri Krishna: It is desire, it is aversion, born of passion. Desire consumes and corrupts everything. It is man's greatest enemy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya295.60°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra111.89°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala240.51°DhanuMūla P1
बुध Budha313.39°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati261.27°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra337.01°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani271.78°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:33 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:48 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:10 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 30 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 29 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:30 – 06:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:05 – 07:02
Abhijit Muhūrta12:25 – 13:11
Vijaya Muhūrta14:43 – 15:29
Godhūli Muhūrta18:21 – 18:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:33 – 19:02
Amṛta Kāla18:18 – 20:03
Niśīta Muhūrta00:25 – 01:11

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:07 – 18:33
Yamaganda12:48 – 14:14
Gulika Kāla15:40 – 17:07
Varjyam07:31 – 07:49
Dur Muhūrta 09:43 – 10:06

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
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 · 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 Udveg07:02 – 08:29 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:29 – 09:55 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:55 – 11:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:21 – 12:48 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:48 – 14:14 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:14 – 15:40 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:40 – 17:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:07 – 18:33 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:33 – 20:07 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:07 – 21:40 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:40 – 23:14 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:14 – 00:48 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:48 – 02:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:21 – 03:55 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:55 – 05:29 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:29 – 07:02 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870423.27
Julian Day2458888.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1339°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)175.11°
🪷 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 (24.1339°), declination -14.89°, EoT -14.50 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: 2020-02-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)