पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · October 26, 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: कार्तिक पूर्णिमा — Kārtika Pūrṇimā / Tripurī Pūrṇimā
Day Mahābhārata war began (4 Oct 3138 BCE). Śiva destroyed Tripurāsura.
Historical anchor: Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (Kurukṣetra) — -3137-10-04 →

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.15 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ।

समदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते।।2.15।।
"2.15 The hero whose soul is unmoved by circumstance, who accepts pleasure and pain with equanimity, only he is fit for immortality." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya189.10°TulāSvātī P1
चन्द्र Candra2.13°MeṣaAśvinī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala123.83°SiṃhaMaghā P2
बुध Budha184.49°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati258.16°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra152.11°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani338.01°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:45 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:20 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 29 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 30 Mins 35 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:14 – 04:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:48 – 05:45
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 11:53
Vijaya Muhūrta13:25 – 14:11
Godhūli Muhūrta17:03 – 17:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:15 – 17:44
Amṛta Kāla17:00 – 18:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 23:53

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:38 – 10:04
Yamaganda12:56 – 14:23
Gulika Kāla05:45 – 07:12
Varjyam06:14 – 06:33
Dur Muhūrta 08:26 – 08:49

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:45 – 07:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:12 – 08:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:38 – 10:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:04 – 11:30 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:30 – 12:56 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:56 – 14:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:23 – 15:49 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:49 – 17:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:15 – 18:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:49 – 20:23 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:23 – 21:56 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:56 – 23:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:30 – 01:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:04 – 02:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:38 – 04:12 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:12 – 05:45 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

🌌 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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861917.27 · 5097.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450382.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8085° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)174.87° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 15/30)
🪷 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 (23.8085°) · declination -12.48° · EoT 16.30 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:1996-10-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)