पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · April 20, 2002 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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Also observed today
- वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.39 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः।निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।18.39।।
"18.39 While the pleasure which from first to last merely drugs the senses, which springs from indolence, lethargy and folly - that pleasure flows from Ignorance." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Punarvasu Pada 4 |
| योग (Yoga) | Dhṛti |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Viṣṭi |
| वार (Vāra) | Śanivāra (Saturday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 5.92° | Meṣa | Aśvinī P2 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 89.75° | Mithuna | Punarvasu P3 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 40.42° | Vṛṣabha | Rohiṇī P1 |
| बुध Budha | 19.45° | Meṣa | Bharaṇī P2 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 75.32° | Mithuna | Ārdrā P3 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 29.16° | Meṣa | Kṛttikā P1 |
| शनि Śani | 48.32° | Vṛṣabha | Rohiṇī P3 |
☀️ Cuttack, Odisha — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 05:25 IST |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 18:06 IST |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:46 IST |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 10:45 IST |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 23:57 IST |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 12 Hours 41 Mins 48 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 11 Hours 18 Mins 12 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 03:43 – 04:34 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 04:21 – 05:25 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:20 – 12:11 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 13:52 – 14:43 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 17:54 – 18:18 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 18:06 – 18:38 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 17:51 – 19:36 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:20 – 00:11 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 08:35 – 10:10 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 13:21 – 14:56 |
| Gulika Kāla | 05:25 – 07:00 |
| Varjyam | 05:56 – 06:17 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:22 – 08:48 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala
Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Kāla | 05:25 – 07:00 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Śubha | 07:00 – 08:35 (auspicious) |
| Day-3 Roga | 08:35 – 10:10 (inauspicious) |
| Day-4 Udveg | 10:10 – 11:46 (inauspicious) |
| Day-5 Chala | 11:46 – 13:21 (neutral) |
| Day-6 Labha | 13:21 – 14:56 (auspicious) |
| Day-7 Amṛta | 14:56 – 16:31 (auspicious) |
| Day-8 Kāla | 16:31 – 18:06 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Labha | 18:06 – 19:31 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Amṛta | 19:31 – 20:56 (auspicious) |
| Night-3 Kāla | 20:56 – 22:21 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Śubha | 22:21 – 23:46 (auspicious) |
| Night-5 Roga | 23:46 – 01:10 (inauspicious) |
| Night-6 Udveg | 01:10 – 02:35 (inauspicious) |
| Night-7 Chala | 02:35 – 04:00 (neutral) |
| Night-8 Labha | 04:00 – 05:25 (auspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 20.4625°
Longitude: 85.8828°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)
-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)
🌌 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 Year | 5104 · Kali-5104 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1863919.27 · 5103.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2452384.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.8851° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 87.13° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30) |
🪷 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 (23.8851°) · declination 11.40° · EoT 0.97 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:2002-04-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)