पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · January 24, 2000 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 14.22 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचप्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव।न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति।।14.22।।
"14.22 Lord Shri Krishna replied: O Prince! He who shuns not the Quality which is present, and longs not for that which is absent;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2057 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1922 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1407
Malayalam Era: 1176
Nanakshahi: 531
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya279.49°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra137.91°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala321.57°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha284.89°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati3.13°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शुक्र Śukra245.19°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani16.49°MeṣaBharaṇī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:32 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 07 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 52 Mins 49 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:56 – 05:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:29 – 06:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta13:50 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:20 – 17:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:32 – 18:00
Amṛta Kāla17:17 – 19:02
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:21

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:48 – 09:12
Yamaganda10:35 – 11:59
Gulika Kāla13:22 – 14:45
Varjyam06:53 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:23

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
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):
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:25 – 07:48 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:48 – 09:12 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:12 – 10:35 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:35 – 11:59 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:59 – 13:22 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:22 – 14:45 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:45 – 16:09 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:09 – 17:32 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:32 – 19:09 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:09 – 20:45 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:45 – 22:22 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:22 – 23:59 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:59 – 01:35 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:35 – 03:12 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:12 – 04:48 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:48 – 06:25 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5101 · Kali-5101
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863102.27 · 5101.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451567.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8539° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)217.67° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.8539°) · declination -19.41° · EoT -12.06 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:2000-01-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)