पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · September 23, 2015 CE

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कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति · Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.36 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं श्रृणु मे भरतर्षभ।अभ्यासाद्रमते यत्र दुःखान्तं च निगच्छति।।18.36।।

"18.36 Hear further the three kinds of pleasure. That which increases day after day delivers one from misery," — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka

Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha

Bengali Saṁvat: 1422

Malayalam Era: 1191

Nanakshahi: 546

Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)	Taitila
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	155.64°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra	266.14°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	124.45°	Siṃha	Maghā P2
बुध Budha	170.30°	Kanyā	Hasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	134.37°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra	114.81°	Karka	Aśleṣā P3
शनि Śani	216.07°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:34 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:42 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:38 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	13:32 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:28 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 07 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 52 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:57 – 04:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:34 – 05:34
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:14 – 12:02
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:39 – 14:28
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:30 – 17:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:42 – 18:12
Amṛta Kāla	17:27 – 19:12
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:14 – 00:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	11:38 – 13:09
Yamaganda	07:05 – 08:36
Gulika Kāla	10:07 – 11:38
Varjyam	06:05 – 06:24
Dur Muhūrta	08:24 – 08:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha	05:34 – 07:05 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	07:05 – 08:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	08:36 – 10:07 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:07 – 11:38 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	11:38 – 13:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	13:09 – 14:40 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	14:40 – 16:11 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	16:11 – 17:42 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	17:42 – 19:11 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	19:11 – 20:40 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	20:40 – 22:09 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	22:09 – 23:38 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	23:38 – 01:07 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:07 – 02:36 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	02:36 – 04:05 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	04:05 – 05:34 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 20.4625°

Longitude: 85.8828°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1868823.27
Julian Day	2457288.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0727°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	113.90°

🪷 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 (24.0727°), declination 0.12°, EoT 8.44 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: 2015-09-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)