पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · February 6, 1996 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.11 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
मयि चानन्ययोगेन भक्ितरव्यभिचारिणी।विविक्तदेशसेवित्वमरतिर्जनसंसदि।।13.11।।
"13.11 Unswerving devotion to Me, by concentration on Me and Me alone, a love for solitude, indifference to social life;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya292.72°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra128.06°SiṃhaMaghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala298.75°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha267.71°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati253.63°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra332.62°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani328.83°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:21 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:43 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 18 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 41 Mins 20 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:51 – 05:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:25 – 06:21
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta17:28 – 17:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:40 – 18:08
Amṛta Kāla17:25 – 19:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:50 – 16:15
Yamaganda09:11 – 10:36
Gulika Kāla12:01 – 13:26
Varjyam06:50 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta 09:00 – 09:22

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-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 Roga06:21 – 07:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:46 – 09:11 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:11 – 10:36 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:36 – 12:01 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:01 – 13:26 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:26 – 14:50 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:50 – 16:15 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:15 – 17:40 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:40 – 19:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:15 – 20:50 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:50 – 22:26 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:26 – 00:01 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:01 – 01:36 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:36 – 03:11 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:11 – 04:46 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:46 – 06:21 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 20.4625°
Longitude: 85.8828°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5097 · Kali-5097
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861654.27 · 5097.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450119.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7985° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)196.39° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (23.7985°) · declination -15.88° · EoT -14.30 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:1996-02-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)