पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · October 23, 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
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🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.3 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
आरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते।

योगारूढस्य तस्यैव शमः कारणमुच्यते।।6.3।।
"6.3 For the sage who seeks the heights of spiritual meditation, practice is the only method, and when he has attained them, he must maintain himself there by continual self-control." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya186.03°TulāCitrā P4
चन्द्र Candra115.64°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala198.78°TulāSvātī P4
बुध Budha167.72°KanyāHasta P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati262.14°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra221.11°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani143.54°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:44 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:17 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:23 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 32 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 27 Mins 28 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:12 – 04:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:46 – 05:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 11:53
Vijaya Muhūrta13:26 – 14:12
Godhūli Muhūrta17:05 – 17:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:17 – 17:46
Amṛta Kāla17:02 – 18:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 23:53

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:57 – 14:24
Yamaganda05:44 – 07:11
Gulika Kāla08:37 – 10:04
Varjyam06:13 – 06:31
Dur Muhūrta 08:26 – 08:49

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 Śubha05:44 – 07:11 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:11 – 08:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:37 – 10:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:04 – 11:30 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:30 – 12:57 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:57 – 14:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:24 – 15:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:50 – 17:17 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:17 – 18:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:50 – 20:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:24 – 21:57 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:57 – 23:30 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:30 – 01:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:04 – 02:37 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:37 – 04:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:11 – 05:44 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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)1866297.27 · 5109.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454762.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9761° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)287.89° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 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 (23.9761°) · declination -11.47° · EoT 16.06 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:2008-10-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)