पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · October 1, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.15 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शरीरवाङ्मनोभिर्यत्कर्म प्रारभते नरः।न्याय्यं वा विपरीतं वा पञ्चैते तस्य हेतवः।।18.15।।
"18.15 Whatever action a man performs, whether by muscular effort or by speech or by thought, and whether it be right or wrong, these five are the essential causes." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya163.99°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra116.73°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala117.07°KarkaAśleṣā P4
बुध Budha187.77°TulāSvātī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati83.73°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra208.34°TulāViśākhā P3
शनि Śani195.70°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:36 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:34 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:01 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 57 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:01 – 04:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:37 – 05:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:11 – 11:59
Vijaya Muhūrta13:35 – 14:23
Godhūli Muhūrta17:22 – 17:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:34 – 18:04
Amṛta Kāla17:19 – 19:04
Niśīta Muhūrta23:11 – 23:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:35 – 16:04
Yamaganda08:36 – 10:06
Gulika Kāla11:35 – 13:05
Varjyam06:06 – 06:26
Dur Muhūrta 08:24 – 08:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 Roga05:36 – 07:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:06 – 08:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:36 – 10:06 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:06 – 11:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:35 – 13:05 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:05 – 14:35 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:35 – 16:04 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:04 – 17:34 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:34 – 19:04 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:04 – 20:35 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:35 – 22:05 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:05 – 23:35 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:35 – 01:06 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:06 – 02:36 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:36 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:06 – 05:36 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868101.27
Julian Day2456566.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0451°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)312.27°
🪷 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 (24.0451°), declination -3.19°, EoT 11.17 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: 2013-10-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)