पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · December 21, 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 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: 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 Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya245.48°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra325.02°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala358.51°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha245.71°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati276.18°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra222.27°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani276.26°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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)11:52 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:47 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 07 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 52 Mins 10 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 Kāla08:21 – 09:45
Yamaganda11:08 – 12:32
Gulika Kāla13:55 – 15:19
Varjyam07:26 – 07:43
Dur Muhūrta 09:34 – 09:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:58 – 08:21 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:21 – 09:45 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:45 – 11:08 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:08 – 12:32 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:32 – 13:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:55 – 15:19 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:19 – 16:42 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:42 – 18:06 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:06 – 19:42 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:42 – 21:19 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:19 – 22:55 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:55 – 00:32 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:32 – 02:08 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:08 – 03:45 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:45 – 05:21 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:21 – 06:58 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870739.27
Julian Day2459204.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1460°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)78.33°
🪷 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 (24.1460°), declination -23.44°, 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: 2020-12-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)