पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · April 27, 2013 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.12 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते।ध्यानात्कर्मफलत्यागस्त्यागाच्छान्तिरनन्तरम्।।12.12।।

"12.12 Knowledge is superior to blind action, meditation to mere knowledge, renunciation of the fruit of action to meditation, and where there is renunciation peace will follow." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava

Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1420

Malayalam Era: 1189

Nanakshahi: 544

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)	Taitila
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	12.91°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P4
चन्द्र Candra	209.44°	Tulā	Viśākhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	10.68°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P4
बुध Budha	356.90°	Mīna	Revatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	52.18°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra	20.31°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P3
शनि Śani	194.03°	Tulā	Svātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:19 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:09 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:44 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	19:17 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	06:24 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 49 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 10 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:37 – 04:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:15 – 05:19
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:18 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:52 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:57 – 18:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:09 – 18:41
Amṛta Kāla	17:54 – 19:39
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:18 – 00:10

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	08:32 – 10:08
Yamaganda	13:20 – 14:57
Gulika Kāla	05:19 – 06:56
Varjyam	05:51 – 06:12
Dur Muhūrta	08:19 – 08:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: North

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	05:19 – 06:56 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	06:56 – 08:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	08:32 – 10:08 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	10:08 – 11:44 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	11:44 – 13:20 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	13:20 – 14:57 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	14:57 – 16:33 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	16:33 – 18:09 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	18:09 – 19:33 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	19:33 – 20:57 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	20:57 – 22:20 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	22:20 – 23:44 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	23:44 – 01:08 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	01:08 – 02:32 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	02:32 – 03:56 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	03:56 – 05:19 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 20.4625°

Longitude: 85.8828°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1867944.27
Julian Day	2456409.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0391°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	194.61°

🪷 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 (24.0391°), declination 13.83°, EoT 2.33 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: 2013-04-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)