पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · May 2, 2013 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 12.17 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्ितमान्यः स मे प्रियः।।12.17।।
"12.17 He who is beyond joy and hate, who neither laments nor desires, to whom good and evil fortunes are the same, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.17'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 Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya17.77°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra282.19°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala14.39°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha6.39°MeṣaAśvinī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati53.21°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra26.47°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शनि Śani193.65°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:16 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:48 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 54 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 05 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:33 – 04:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:12 – 05:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta17:59 – 18:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:11 – 18:43
Amṛta Kāla17:56 – 19:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:20 – 14:57
Yamaganda05:16 – 06:53
Gulika Kāla08:30 – 10:07
Varjyam05:48 – 06:09
Dur Muhūrta 08:17 – 08:43

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:16 – 06:53 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:53 – 08:30 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:30 – 10:07 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:07 – 11:43 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:43 – 13:20 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:20 – 14:57 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:57 – 16:34 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:34 – 18:11 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:11 – 19:34 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:34 – 20:57 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:57 – 22:20 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:20 – 23:43 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:43 – 01:07 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:07 – 02:30 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:30 – 03:53 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:53 – 05:16 (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

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867949.27
Julian Day2456414.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0393°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)261.84°
🪷 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 (24.0393°), declination 15.38°, EoT 3.04 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: 2013-05-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)