पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · October 2, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.23 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः।

प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ।।8.23।।
"8.23 *Now I will tell thee, O Arjuna, of the times at which, if the mystics go forth, they do not return, and at which they go forth only to return." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla 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)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya165.20°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra176.55°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala248.85°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha147.77°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati160.21°KanyāHasta P1
शुक्र Śukra195.95°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani227.41°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:37 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:33 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:30 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:11 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 56 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 03 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:01 – 04:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:37 – 05:37
Abhijit Muhūrta11:11 – 11:59
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:22
Godhūli Muhūrta17:21 – 17:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:33 – 18:03
Amṛta Kāla17:18 – 19:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:11 – 23:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:04 – 17:33
Yamaganda11:35 – 13:05
Gulika Kāla14:34 – 16:04
Varjyam06:07 – 06:26
Dur Muhūrta 08:24 – 08:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (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 · 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 Udveg05:37 – 07:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:06 – 08:36 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:36 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:05 – 11:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:35 – 13:05 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:05 – 14:34 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:34 – 16:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:04 – 17:33 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:33 – 19:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:04 – 20:34 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:34 – 22:05 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:05 – 23:35 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:35 – 01:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:05 – 02:36 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:36 – 04:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:06 – 05:37 (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 Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869198.27
Julian Day2457663.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0870°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)13.76°
🪷 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 (24.0870°), declination -3.68°, EoT 11.48 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: 2016-10-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)