पञ्चाङ्ग — Solapur, Maharashtra · February 23, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.14 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः।प्राणापानसमायुक्तः पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम्।।15.14।।
"15.14 Becoming the fire of life, I pass into their bodies and, uniting with the vital streams of Prana and Apana, I digest the various kinds of food." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya309.98°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra347.59°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala52.36°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
बुध Budha292.63°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati346.40°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra338.84°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani304.41°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:50 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:31 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:19 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 41 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 18 Mins 36 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:16 – 06:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:51 – 06:50
Abhijit Muhūrta12:17 – 13:04
Vijaya Muhūrta14:37 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta18:19 – 18:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:31 – 19:00
Amṛta Kāla18:16 – 20:01
Niśīta Muhūrta00:17 – 01:04

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:08 – 15:36
Yamaganda06:50 – 08:17
Gulika Kāla09:45 – 11:13
Varjyam07:19 – 07:38
Dur Muhūrta 09:33 – 09:57

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:50 – 08:17 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:17 – 09:45 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:45 – 11:13 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:13 – 12:40 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:40 – 14:08 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:08 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:36 – 17:03 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:03 – 18:31 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:31 – 20:03 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:03 – 21:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:36 – 23:08 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:08 – 00:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:40 – 02:13 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:13 – 03:45 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:45 – 05:17 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:17 – 06:50 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 17.6599°
Longitude: 75.9064°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871533.27
Julian Day2459998.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1763°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)36.37°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.1763°), declination -9.99°, EoT -13.97 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2023-02-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)