पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · August 21, 2002 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: ओणम् (वामन-बलि स्मरण) — Onam (Vāmana / King Bali)
Kerala festival; King Bali's annual return to Kerala. Aligned with Thiru-Onam (Śravaṇa nakshatra in Bhādrapada).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.37 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
हतो वा प्राप्स्यसि स्वर्गं जित्वा वा भोक्ष्यसे महीम्।

तस्मादुत्तिष्ठ कौन्तेय युद्धाय कृतनिश्चयः।।2.37।।
"2.37 If killed, thou shalt attain Heaven; if victorious, enjoy the kingdom of earth. Therefore arise, O Son of Kunti, and fight!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya123.94°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra282.25°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala120.65°SiṃhaMaghā P1
बुध Budha148.67°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati100.23°KarkaPuṣya P3
शुक्र Śukra169.90°KanyāHasta P3
शनि Śani62.83°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:49 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:56 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 44 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 15 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:45 – 04:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:23 – 05:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta17:59 – 18:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:11 – 18:43
Amṛta Kāla17:56 – 19:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:15

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:49 – 13:25
Yamaganda07:03 – 08:38
Gulika Kāla10:14 – 11:49
Varjyam05:59 – 06:19
Dur Muhūrta 08:25 – 08:51

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:27 – 07:03 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:03 – 08:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:38 – 10:14 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:14 – 11:49 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:49 – 13:25 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:25 – 15:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:00 – 16:36 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:36 – 18:11 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:11 – 19:36 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:36 – 21:00 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:00 – 22:25 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:25 – 23:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:49 – 01:14 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:14 – 02:38 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:38 – 04:03 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:03 – 05:27 (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 Year5104 · Kali-5104
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864042.27 · 5103.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452507.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8898° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)158.77° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (23.8898°) · declination 12.22° · EoT -2.80 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:2002-08-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)