पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · January 10, 2004 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.20 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि।

मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम्।।16.20।।
"16.20 So reborn, they spend life after life, enveloped in delusion. And they never reach Me, O Prince, but degenerate into still lower forms of life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya265.21°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra112.48°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala350.69°MīnaRevatī P2
बुध Budha243.00°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.99°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra300.33°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani74.98°MithunaĀrdrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:23 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:10 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 58 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 01 Mins 52 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:57 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:30 – 06:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:32 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:28
Godhūli Muhūrta17:11 – 17:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:23 – 17:50
Amṛta Kāla17:08 – 18:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:32 – 00:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:09 – 10:32
Yamaganda13:16 – 14:39
Gulika Kāla06:25 – 07:47
Varjyam06:52 – 07:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:58 – 09:20

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:25 – 07:47 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:47 – 09:09 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:09 – 10:32 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:32 – 11:54 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:54 – 13:16 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:16 – 14:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:39 – 16:01 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:01 – 17:23 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:23 – 19:01 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:01 – 20:39 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:39 – 22:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:16 – 23:54 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:54 – 01:32 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:32 – 03:09 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:09 – 04:47 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:47 – 06:25 (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 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 Year5105 · Kali-5105
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864549.27 · 5105.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453014.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9092° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)208.59° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (23.9092°) · declination -22.07° · EoT -7.50 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:2004-01-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)