पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · March 21, 2053 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: चैत्र नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Caitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā)
Spring Navrātri begins; Vasanta-pakṣa Devī worship. Maharashtra: Gudhi Padwā. South: Ugadi. Sindhi: Cheti Chand.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.23 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः।

प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ।।8.23।।
"8.23 *Now I will tell thee, O Arjuna, of the times at which, if the mystics go forth, they do not return, and at which they go forth only to return." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2110 Vyaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1975 Śrīmukha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1460
Malayalam Era: 1229
Nanakshahi: 584
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya336.29°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra345.52°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala48.73°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
बुध Budha307.89°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati189.41°TulāSvātī P1
शुक्र Śukra336.73°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani312.94°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:37 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:45 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:25 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 07 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 52 Mins 12 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:36 – 06:37
Abhijit Muhūrta12:17 – 13:05
Vijaya Muhūrta14:42 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta18:33 – 18:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:45 – 19:15
Amṛta Kāla18:30 – 20:15
Niśīta Muhūrta00:17 – 01:05

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:10 – 12:41
Yamaganda15:43 – 17:14
Gulika Kāla08:08 – 09:39
Varjyam07:07 – 07:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:51

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Chala06:37 – 08:08 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:08 – 09:39 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:39 – 11:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:10 – 12:41 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:41 – 14:12 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:12 – 15:43 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:43 – 17:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:14 – 18:45 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:45 – 20:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:14 – 21:43 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:43 – 23:12 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:12 – 00:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:41 – 02:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:10 – 03:39 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:39 – 05:08 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:08 – 06:37 (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 Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5154 · Kali-5154
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1882517.27 · 5154.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2470982.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.5964° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)8.27° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.5964°) · declination 0.35° · EoT -7.84 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2053-03-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)