पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · January 8, 2056 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 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 18.32 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसाऽऽवृता।सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी।।18.32।।
"18.32 And that which, shrouded in Ignorance, thinks wrong right, and sees everything perversely, O Arjuna, that intellect is ruled by Darkness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.32's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2113 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1978 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1463
Malayalam Era: 1232
Nanakshahi: 587
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya262.83°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra147.55°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala250.73°DhanuMūla P4
बुध Budha257.17°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati263.98°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra228.11°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani338.70°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:04 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:52 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:05 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 11 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 48 Mins 59 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:35 – 06:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:08 – 07:04
Abhijit Muhūrta12:17 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:32 – 15:16
Godhūli Muhūrta18:03 – 18:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:15 – 18:43
Amṛta Kāla18:00 – 19:45
Niśīta Muhūrta00:17 – 01:02

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:52 – 11:16
Yamaganda14:04 – 15:27
Gulika Kāla07:04 – 08:28
Varjyam07:32 – 07:50
Dur Muhūrta 09:41 – 10:03

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:04 – 08:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:28 – 09:52 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:52 – 11:16 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:16 – 12:40 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:40 – 14:04 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:04 – 15:27 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:27 – 16:51 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:51 – 18:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:15 – 19:51 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:51 – 21:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:27 – 23:04 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:04 – 00:40 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:40 – 02:16 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:16 – 03:52 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:52 – 05:28 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:28 – 07:04 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5157 · Kali-5157
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1883540.27 · 5157.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2472005.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.6355° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)244.42° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (24.6355°) · declination -22.30° · EoT -6.70 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:2056-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)