पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · April 22, 2014 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 3.21 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga

यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः।

स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते।।3.21।।

"3.21 For whatever a great man does, others imitate. People conform to the standard which he has set." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 3.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga

Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1421

Malayalam Era: 1190

Nanakshahi: 545

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	7.79°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra	273.93°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	169.73°	Kanyā	Hasta P3
बुध Budha	2.81°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	78.98°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra	323.39°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani	207.09°	Tulā	Viśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:23 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:07 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	23:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	11:00 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 44 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 15 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:41 – 04:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:19 – 05:23
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:20 – 12:11
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:52 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:55 – 18:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:07 – 18:39
Amṛta Kāla	17:52 – 19:37
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:20 – 00:11

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	14:56 – 16:32
Yamaganda	08:34 – 10:10
Gulika Kāla	11:45 – 13:21
Varjyam	05:55 – 06:15
Dur Muhūrta	08:21 – 08:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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):
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 Roga	05:23 – 06:59 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	06:59 – 08:34 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	08:34 – 10:10 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:10 – 11:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	11:45 – 13:21 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:21 – 14:56 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	14:56 – 16:32 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	16:32 – 18:07 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	18:07 – 19:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	19:32 – 20:56 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	20:56 – 22:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:21 – 23:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	23:45 – 01:10 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:10 – 02:34 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	02:34 – 03:59 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	03:59 – 05:23 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 20.4625°

Longitude: 85.8828°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Uttara Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1868304.27
Julian Day	2456769.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0528°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	266.34°

🪷 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 (24.0528°), declination 12.11°, EoT 1.40 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: 2014-04-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)