पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · March 18, 2076 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: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.9 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
कविं पुराणमनुशासितार

मणोरणीयांसमनुस्मरेद्यः।

सर्वस्य धातारमचिन्त्यरूप

मादित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात्।।8.9।।
"8.9 Whoso meditates on the Omniscient, the Ancient, more minute than the atom, yet the Ruler and Upholder of all, Unimaginable, Brilliant like the Sun, Beyond the reach of darkness;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2133 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1998 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1483
Malayalam Era: 1252
Nanakshahi: 607
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya333.41°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra123.38°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala154.12°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha339.88°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati165.04°KanyāHasta P2
शुक्र Śukra18.32°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शनि Śani243.83°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:39 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:44 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:59 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 05 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 54 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:02 – 05:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:39 – 06:39
Abhijit Muhūrta12:18 – 13:06
Vijaya Muhūrta14:43 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta18:32 – 18:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:44 – 19:15
Amṛta Kāla18:29 – 20:14
Niśīta Muhūrta00:18 – 01:06

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:42 – 14:12
Yamaganda08:10 – 09:40
Gulika Kāla11:11 – 12:42
Varjyam07:09 – 07:29
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:53

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:39 – 08:10 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:10 – 09:40 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:40 – 11:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:11 – 12:42 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:42 – 14:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:12 – 15:43 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:43 – 17:14 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:14 – 18:44 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:44 – 20:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:14 – 21:43 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:43 – 23:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:12 – 00:42 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:42 – 02:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:11 – 03:40 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:40 – 05:10 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:10 – 06:39 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5177 · Kali-5177
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1890915.27 · 5177.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2479380.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.9176° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)148.89° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (24.9176°) · declination -0.66° · EoT -8.76 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:2076-03-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)