पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · January 13, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: पौष पुत्रदा एकादशी — Pauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
Ekādaśī granting putra-prāpti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.40 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते।

एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम्।।3.40।।
"3.40 It works through the senses, the mind and the reason; and with their help destroys wisdom and confounds the soul." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.40's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya268.66°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra34.76°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala237.26°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha285.75°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati308.83°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra261.73°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani289.14°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:38 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:34 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 13 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 46 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:35 – 06:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:09 – 07:05
Abhijit Muhūrta12:19 – 13:04
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta18:06 – 18:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:18 – 18:46
Amṛta Kāla18:03 – 19:48
Niśīta Muhūrta00:19 – 01:04

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:06 – 15:30
Yamaganda07:05 – 08:29
Gulika Kāla09:53 – 11:18
Varjyam07:33 – 07:51
Dur Muhūrta 09:42 – 10:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
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 Śubha07:05 – 08:29 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:29 – 09:53 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:53 – 11:18 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:18 – 12:42 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:42 – 14:06 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:06 – 15:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:30 – 16:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:54 – 18:18 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:18 – 19:54 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:54 – 21:30 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:30 – 23:06 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:06 – 00:42 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:42 – 02:18 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:18 – 03:53 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:53 – 05:29 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:29 – 07:05 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ekādaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871127.27
Julian Day2459592.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1608°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)123.93°
🪷 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 (24.1608°), declination -21.51°, EoT -8.64 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: 2022-01-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)