पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · April 15, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.45 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम्।

यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः।।1.45।।
"1.45 Alas, it is strange that we should be willing to kill our own countrymen and commit a great sin, in order to enjoy the pleasures of a kingdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.45's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya1.48°MeṣaAśvinī P1
चन्द्र Candra119.45°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala83.22°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha359.81°MīnaRevatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati268.11°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra346.80°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani127.80°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:28 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:15 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:02 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 36 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 23 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:47 – 04:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:25 – 05:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:12
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:37
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:12

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:56 – 16:31
Yamaganda08:37 – 10:12
Gulika Kāla11:47 – 13:21
Varjyam06:00 – 06:20
Dur Muhūrta 08:25 – 08:50

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (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 · 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 Roga05:28 – 07:03 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:03 – 08:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:37 – 10:12 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:12 – 11:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:47 – 13:21 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:21 – 14:56 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:56 – 16:31 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:31 – 18:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:05 – 19:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:31 – 20:56 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:56 – 22:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:21 – 23:47 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:47 – 01:12 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:12 – 02:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:37 – 04:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:03 – 05:28 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866106.27
Julian Day2454571.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9688°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)116.07°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (23.9688°), declination 9.84°, EoT -0.24 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2008-04-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)