पञ्चाङ्ग — Kolhāpur, Maharashtra · December 16, 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: 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 16.21 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः।कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत्।।16.21।।
"16.21 The gates of hell are three: lust, wrath and avarice. They destroy the Self. Avoid them." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2133 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1998 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1483
Malayalam Era: 1252
Nanakshahi: 607
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya240.03°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra123.00°SiṃhaMaghā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala273.97°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha238.86°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati191.18°TulāSvātī P2
शुक्र Śukra219.07°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शनि Śani245.76°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:55 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:03 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:59 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 08 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 51 Mins 53 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:26 – 06:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:00 – 06:55
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta17:51 – 18:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:03 – 18:31
Amṛta Kāla17:48 – 19:33
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 00:52

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:29 – 13:53
Yamaganda08:19 – 09:42
Gulika Kāla11:06 – 12:29
Varjyam07:23 – 07:41
Dur Muhūrta 09:31 – 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: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Labha06:55 – 08:19 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:19 – 09:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:42 – 11:06 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:06 – 12:29 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:29 – 13:53 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:53 – 15:16 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:16 – 16:40 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:40 – 18:03 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:03 – 19:40 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:40 – 21:16 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:16 – 22:53 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:53 – 00:29 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:29 – 02:06 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:06 – 03:42 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:42 – 05:19 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:19 – 06:55 (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 Year5178 · Kali-5178
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1891188.27 · 5177.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2479653.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.9281° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)245.62° · 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 (24.9281°) · declination -23.34° · EoT 3.72 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:2076-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)