पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · August 17, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: पितृ पक्ष आरम्भ — Pitṛ-Pakṣa Start
Begin 16-day śrāddha period for ancestors. Bhādrapada Pūrṇimā next-day.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.7 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga🪷 Sambhavāmi Yuge Yuge · Krishna's avatāra-anchor
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।

अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदाऽऽत्मानं सृजाम्यहम्।।4.7।।
"4.7 Whenever spirituality decays and materialism is rampant, then, O Arjuna, I reincarnate Myself!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya120.54°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra302.22°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala154.39°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha137.41°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati259.90°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra139.25°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani135.47°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:14 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:40 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 47 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 12 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:44 – 04:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:22 – 05:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta18:02 – 18:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:14 – 18:46
Amṛta Kāla17:59 – 19:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:38 – 18:14
Yamaganda11:50 – 13:26
Gulika Kāla15:02 – 16:38
Varjyam05:58 – 06:19
Dur Muhūrta 08:25 – 08:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:26 – 07:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:02 – 08:38 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:38 – 10:14 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:14 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:50 – 13:26 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:26 – 15:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:02 – 16:38 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:38 – 18:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:14 – 19:38 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:38 – 21:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:02 – 22:26 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:26 – 23:50 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:50 – 01:14 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:14 – 02:38 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:38 – 04:02 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:02 – 05:26 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866230.27
Julian Day2454695.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9735°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)181.43°
🪷 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 (23.9735°), declination 13.35°, EoT -3.75 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: 2008-08-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)