पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · September 26, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: रमा एकादशी — Ramā Ekādaśī
Lakṣmī (Ramā) granted boon to King Mucukunda.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।

रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya159.30°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra102.06°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala244.91°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha141.78°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati158.91°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra188.64°TulāSvātī P1
शनि Śani226.99°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:39 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:20 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 03 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 56 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:59 – 04:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:35 – 05:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 12:01
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:26
Godhūli Muhūrta17:27 – 17:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:39 – 18:09
Amṛta Kāla17:24 – 19:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 00:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:06 – 08:36
Yamaganda10:07 – 11:37
Gulika Kāla13:07 – 14:38
Varjyam06:06 – 06:25
Dur Muhūrta 08:24 – 08:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:35 – 07:06 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:06 – 08:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:36 – 10:07 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:07 – 11:37 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:37 – 13:07 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:07 – 14:38 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:38 – 16:08 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:08 – 17:39 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:39 – 19:08 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:08 – 20:38 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:38 – 22:07 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:07 – 23:37 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:37 – 01:07 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:07 – 02:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:36 – 04:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:06 – 05:35 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869192.27
Julian Day2457657.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0868°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)301.01°
🪷 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 (24.0868°), declination -1.35°, EoT 9.50 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: 2016-09-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)