पञ्चाङ्ग — Solapur, Maharashtra · October 3, 2003 CE

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🪷 आज: महाष्टमी — Mahā-Aṣṭamī (Durgā-Aṣṭamī)
8th day of Śāradīya Navrātri; Mahiṣāsura-mardinī kṣaṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.3 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
क्षेत्रज्ञं चापि मां विद्धि सर्वक्षेत्रेषु भारत।

क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोर्ज्ञानं यत्तज्ज्ञानं मतं मम।।13.3।।
"13.3 I am the Omniscient self that abides in the playground of Matter; knowledge of Matter and of the all-knowing Self is wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2060 Durmukhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1925 Subhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1410
Malayalam Era: 1179
Nanakshahi: 534
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya165.52°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra258.67°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala306.32°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha149.56°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati133.86°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra177.67°KanyāCitrā P2
शनि Śani78.76°MithunaĀrdrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:16 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:13 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:55 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:59 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 57 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:40 – 05:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:16 – 06:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:02
Godhūli Muhūrta18:01 – 18:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:13 – 18:43
Amṛta Kāla17:58 – 19:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:38

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:45 – 12:15
Yamaganda15:14 – 16:44
Gulika Kāla07:46 – 09:15
Varjyam06:46 – 07:05
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:27

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:16 – 07:46 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:46 – 09:15 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:15 – 10:45 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:45 – 12:15 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:15 – 13:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:44 – 15:14 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:14 – 16:44 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:44 – 18:13 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:13 – 19:44 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:44 – 21:14 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:14 – 22:44 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:44 – 00:15 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:15 – 01:45 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:45 – 03:15 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:15 – 04:46 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:46 – 06:16 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 17.6599°
Longitude: 75.9064°
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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5105 · Kali-5105
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864450.27 · 5104.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452915.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9054° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)90.88° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (23.9054°) · declination -3.74° · EoT 11.79 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:2003-10-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)