पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · December 27, 2020 CE

Also observed today

धनु सङ्क्रान्ति · Dhanu SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.9 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम्।अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय।।12.9।।

"12.9 But if thou canst not fix thy mind firmly on Me, then, My beloved friend, try to do so by constant practice." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.9'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 Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	251.60°	Dhanu	Mūla P4
चन्द्र Candra	36.60°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	0.85°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
बुध Budha	255.30°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	277.52°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra	229.78°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani	276.92°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:00 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:09 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	15:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	04:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 08 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 51 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:31 – 06:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:05 – 07:00
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:12 – 12:57
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:26 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:57 – 18:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:09 – 18:36
Amṛta Kāla	17:54 – 19:39
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:12 – 00:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	16:45 – 18:09
Yamaganda	12:34 – 13:58
Gulika Kāla	15:21 – 16:45
Varjyam	07:28 – 07:46
Dur Muhūrta	09:36 – 09:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	07:00 – 08:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	08:24 – 09:47 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	09:47 – 11:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	11:11 – 12:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	12:34 – 13:58 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:58 – 15:21 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	15:21 – 16:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	16:45 – 18:09 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	18:09 – 19:45 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	19:45 – 21:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	21:21 – 22:58 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:58 – 00:34 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	00:34 – 02:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	02:11 – 03:47 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	03:47 – 05:24 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	05:24 – 07:00 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 16.705°

Longitude: 74.2433°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

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 Dvādaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870745.27
Julian Day	2459210.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1462°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	143.70°

🪷 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 (24.1462°), declination -23.31°, EoT -1.42 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: 2020-12-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)