पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · October 23, 2013 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 18.37 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम्।तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम्।।18.37।।
"18.37 Which at first seems like poison but afterwards acts like nectar - that pleasure is Pure, for it is born of Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya185.75°TulāCitrā P4
चन्द्र Candra52.66°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala130.28°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha204.26°TulāViśākhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati85.50°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra232.31°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani198.20°TulāSvātī 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)19:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 32 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 27 Mins 15 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:12 – 04:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:46 – 05:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 11:54
Vijaya Muhūrta13:26 – 14:12
Godhūli Muhūrta17:05 – 17:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:17 – 17:46
Amṛta Kāla17:02 – 18:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 23:54

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:30 – 12:57
Yamaganda07:11 – 08:37
Gulika Kāla10:04 – 11:30
Varjyam06:13 – 06:31
Dur Muhūrta 08:26 – 08:49

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:44 – 07:11 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:11 – 08:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:37 – 10:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:04 – 11:30 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:30 – 12:57 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:57 – 14:24 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:24 – 15:50 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:50 – 17:17 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:17 – 18:50 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:50 – 20:24 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:24 – 21:57 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:57 – 23:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:30 – 01:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:04 – 02:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:37 – 04:11 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:11 – 05:44 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5115 · Kali-5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868123.27 · 5114.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456588.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0459° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)229.56° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (24.0459°) · declination -11.40° · 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:2013-10-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)