पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · September 12, 2008 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
?format=json (for AI agents · structured JSON envelope)
🪷 आज: वामन जयन्ती — Vāmana Jayantī
Vāmana's three-step measure of all worlds; Bali's surrender. (= Onam in Kerala.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.33 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्रेयान्द्रव्यमयाद्यज्ञाज्ज्ञानयज्ञः परन्तप।

सर्वं कर्माखिलं पार्थ ज्ञाने परिसमाप्यते।।4.33।।
"4.33 The sacrifice of wisdom is superior to any material sacrifice, for, O Arjuna, the climax of action is always Realisation." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.33's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla 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 (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya145.68°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra285.13°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala171.14°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha172.38°KanyāHasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati259.14°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra171.14°KanyāHasta P4
शनि Śani138.73°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:32 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:25 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 19 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 40 Mins 37 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:54 – 04:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:31 – 05:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:17 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:40 – 18:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:52 – 18:23
Amṛta Kāla17:37 – 19:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:17 – 00:07

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:10 – 11:42
Yamaganda14:47 – 16:19
Gulika Kāla07:05 – 08:37
Varjyam06:03 – 06:23
Dur Muhūrta 08:25 – 08:50

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
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 Chala05:32 – 07:05 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:05 – 08:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:37 – 10:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:10 – 11:42 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:42 – 13:15 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:15 – 14:47 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:47 – 16:19 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:19 – 17:52 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:52 – 19:19 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:19 – 20:47 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:47 – 22:15 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:15 – 23:42 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:42 – 01:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:10 – 02:37 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:37 – 04:05 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:05 – 05:32 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5110 · Kali-5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866256.27 · 5109.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454721.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9745° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)139.20° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (23.9745°) · declination 4.10° · EoT 4.38 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:2008-09-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)