पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · December 25, 2026 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 15.13 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
गामाविश्य च भूतानि धारयाम्यहमोजसा।पुष्णामि चौषधीः सर्वाः सोमो भूत्वा रसात्मकः।।15.13।।
"15.13 1 enter this world and animate all My creatures with My vitality; and by My cool moonbeams I nourish the plants." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya249.01°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra82.96°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala134.20°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha244.26°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati122.34°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शुक्र Śukra202.08°TulāViśākhā P1
शनि Śani343.94°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:00 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:07 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:58 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:00 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 07 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 52 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:30 – 06:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:04 – 07:00
Abhijit Muhūrta12:11 – 12:56
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta17:55 – 18:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:07 – 18:35
Amṛta Kāla17:52 – 19:37
Niśīta Muhūrta00:11 – 00:56

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:10 – 12:34
Yamaganda15:21 – 16:44
Gulika Kāla08:23 – 09:47
Varjyam07:27 – 07:45
Dur Muhūrta 09:35 – 09:58

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:00 – 08:23 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:23 – 09:47 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:47 – 11:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:10 – 12:34 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:34 – 13:57 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:57 – 15:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:21 – 16:44 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:44 – 18:07 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:07 – 19:44 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:44 – 21:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:21 – 22:57 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:57 – 00:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:34 – 02:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:10 – 03:47 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:47 – 05:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:23 – 07:00 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872934.27
Julian Day2461399.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2299°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)192.40°
🪷 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 (24.2299°), declination -23.40°, EoT -0.49 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: 2026-12-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)