पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · January 16, 2022 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 3.43 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना।

जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम्।।3.43।।
"3.43 Thus, O Mighty-in-Arms, knowing Him to be beyond the intellect and, by His help, subduing thy personal egotism, kill thine enemy, Desire, extremely difficult though it be."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.43's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya271.72°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra70.19°MithunaĀrdrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala239.41°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha285.69°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati309.47°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra260.08°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani289.48°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:44 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:49 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 14 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 45 Mins 20 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:35 – 06:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:09 – 07:05
Abhijit Muhūrta12:20 – 13:05
Vijaya Muhūrta14:35 – 15:20
Godhūli Muhūrta18:08 – 18:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:20 – 18:48
Amṛta Kāla18:05 – 19:50
Niśīta Muhūrta00:20 – 01:05

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:56 – 18:20
Yamaganda12:43 – 14:07
Gulika Kāla15:31 – 16:56
Varjyam07:34 – 07:51
Dur Muhūrta 09:43 – 10:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:05 – 08:30 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:30 – 09:54 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:54 – 11:18 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:18 – 12:43 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:43 – 14:07 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:07 – 15:31 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:31 – 16:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:56 – 18:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:20 – 19:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:56 – 21:31 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:31 – 23:07 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:07 – 00:43 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:43 – 02:18 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:18 – 03:54 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:54 – 05:30 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:30 – 07:05 (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 Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871130.27
Julian Day2459595.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1609°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)157.69°
🪷 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 (24.1609°), declination -20.97°, EoT -9.69 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: 2022-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)