पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · December 12, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.8 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः।

शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः।।3.8।।
"3.8 Do thy duty as prescribed, for action for duty's sake is superior to inaction. Even the maintenance of the body would be impossible if man remained inactive." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya236.07°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra337.57°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala214.58°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha242.89°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati302.82°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra270.97°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani285.79°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:53 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:02 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:27 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:10 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 08 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 51 Mins 09 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:24 – 06:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:57 – 06:53
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta17:50 – 18:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:02 – 18:30
Amṛta Kāla17:47 – 19:32
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:50

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:38 – 18:02
Yamaganda12:27 – 13:51
Gulika Kāla15:15 – 16:38
Varjyam07:21 – 07:39
Dur Muhūrta 09:29 – 09:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:53 – 08:17 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:17 – 09:40 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:40 – 11:04 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:04 – 12:27 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:27 – 13:51 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:51 – 15:15 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:15 – 16:38 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:38 – 18:02 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:02 – 19:38 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:38 – 21:15 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:15 – 22:51 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:51 – 00:27 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:27 – 02:04 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:04 – 03:40 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:40 – 05:17 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:17 – 06:53 (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 Navamī + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871095.27
Julian Day2459560.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1596°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)98.37°
🪷 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 (24.1596°), declination -23.08°, EoT 5.54 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: 2021-12-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)