पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · January 3, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.13 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा।

तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति।।2.13।।
"2.13 As the soul experiences in this body infancy, youth and old age, so finally it passes into another. The wise have no delusion about this." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya258.00°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra176.70°KanyāCitrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala185.38°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha276.28°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.39°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra220.23°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani227.06°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:23 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:51 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:36 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 55 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 04 Mins 42 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:56 – 05:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:29 – 06:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:29 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:40 – 14:24
Godhūli Muhūrta17:07 – 17:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:19 – 17:46
Amṛta Kāla17:04 – 18:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:29 – 00:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:57 – 17:19
Yamaganda11:51 – 13:13
Gulika Kāla14:35 – 15:57
Varjyam06:51 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:23 – 07:45 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:45 – 09:07 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:07 – 10:29 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:29 – 11:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:51 – 13:13 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:13 – 14:35 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:35 – 15:57 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:57 – 17:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:19 – 18:57 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:57 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:35 – 22:13 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:13 – 23:51 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:51 – 01:29 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:29 – 03:07 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:07 – 04:45 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:45 – 06:23 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868925.27
Julian Day2457390.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0766°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)279.05°
🪷 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 (24.0766°), declination -22.89°, EoT -4.59 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: 2016-01-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)