पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · December 23, 2024 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 14.9 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत।ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत।।14.9।।
"14.9 Purity brings happiness, Passion commotion, and Ignorance, which obscures wisdom, leads to a life of failure." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya247.49°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra158.72°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala99.84°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha225.21°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati50.01°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra293.38°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani319.80°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:59 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:07 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:36 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:39 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 07 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 52 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:30 – 06:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:03 – 06:59
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta17:55 – 18:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:07 – 18:34
Amṛta Kāla17:52 – 19:37
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 00:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:22 – 09:46
Yamaganda11:09 – 12:33
Gulika Kāla13:56 – 15:20
Varjyam07:26 – 07:44
Dur Muhūrta 09:34 – 09:57

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (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):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:59 – 08:22 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:22 – 09:46 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:46 – 11:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:09 – 12:33 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:33 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:56 – 15:20 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:20 – 16:43 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:43 – 18:07 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:07 – 19:43 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:43 – 21:20 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:20 – 22:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:56 – 00:33 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:33 – 02:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:09 – 03:46 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:46 – 05:22 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:22 – 06:59 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Uttara Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872202.27
Julian Day2460667.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2019°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)270.83°
🪷 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 (24.2019°), declination -23.43°, EoT 0.44 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: 2024-12-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)