पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · August 18, 2073 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: पितृ पक्ष आरम्भ — Pitṛ-Pakṣa Start
Begin 16-day śrāddha period for ancestors. Bhādrapada Pūrṇimā next-day.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.30 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
देही नित्यमवध्योऽयं देहे सर्वस्य भारत।

तस्मात्सर्वाणि भूतानि न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि।।2.30।।
"2.30 Be not anxious about these armies. The Spirit in man is imperishable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2130 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1995 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1480
Malayalam Era: 1249
Nanakshahi: 604
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya120.87°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra304.29°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala66.59°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
बुध Budha126.34°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati93.88°KarkaPuṣya P1
शुक्र Śukra88.57°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani203.69°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:17 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:56 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:37 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 38 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 21 Mins 13 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:36 – 05:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:14 – 06:17
Abhijit Muhūrta12:11 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:43 – 15:34
Godhūli Muhūrta18:44 – 19:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:56 – 19:28
Amṛta Kāla18:41 – 20:26
Niśīta Muhūrta00:11 – 01:02

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:02 – 12:37
Yamaganda15:46 – 17:21
Gulika Kāla07:52 – 09:27
Varjyam06:49 – 07:09
Dur Muhūrta 09:14 – 09:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:17 – 07:52 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:52 – 09:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:27 – 11:02 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:02 – 12:37 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:37 – 14:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:11 – 15:46 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:46 – 17:21 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:21 – 18:56 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:56 – 20:21 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:21 – 21:46 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:46 – 23:11 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:11 – 00:37 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:37 – 02:02 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:02 – 03:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:27 – 04:52 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:52 – 06:17 (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 Year5175 · Kali-5175
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1889972.27 · 5174.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2478437.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.8815° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)185.38° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (24.8815°) · declination 12.93° · EoT -3.53 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:2073-08-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)