पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · March 17, 1943 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: आमलकी एकादशी — Āmalakī Ekādaśī
Worship of Āmalakī (Indian gooseberry, sacred to Viṣṇu).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.61 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त आसीत मत्परः।

वशे हि यस्येन्द्रियाणि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता।।2.61।।
"2.61 Restraining them all, let him meditate steadfastly on Me; for who thus conquers his senses achieves perfection." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.61's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2000 Durmukhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1865 Subhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1350
Malayalam Era: 1119
Nanakshahi: 474
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya332.52°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra97.59°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala284.07°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha317.19°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati82.73°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra1.79°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शनि Śani44.22°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2

☀️ Cuttack, Odisha — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:55 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:56 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:42 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:50 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 01 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 58 Mins 08 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:18 – 05:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:54 – 05:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta17:44 – 18:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:56 – 18:27
Amṛta Kāla17:41 – 19:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:20

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:56 – 13:26
Yamaganda07:25 – 08:55
Gulika Kāla10:25 – 11:56
Varjyam06:25 – 06:44
Dur Muhūrta 08:43 – 09:07

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical 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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:55 – 07:25 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:25 – 08:55 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:55 – 10:25 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:25 – 11:56 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:56 – 13:26 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:26 – 14:56 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:56 – 16:26 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:26 – 17:56 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:56 – 19:26 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:26 – 20:56 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:56 – 22:26 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:26 – 23:56 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:56 – 01:25 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:25 – 02:55 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:55 – 04:25 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:25 – 05:55 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 20.4625°
Longitude: 85.8828°
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 Year5044 · Kali-5044
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1842335.27 · 5044.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2430800.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.0596° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)123.49° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (23.0596°) · declination -1.76° · EoT -9.06 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:1943-03-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)