पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · August 20, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.32 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसाऽऽवृता।सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी।।18.32।।
"18.32 And that which, shrouded in Ignorance, thinks wrong right, and sees everything perversely, O Arjuna, that intellect is ruled by Darkness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.32's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya123.13°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra100.15°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala115.24°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha135.19°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati175.46°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra88.36°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani236.95°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:12 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:50 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 45 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 14 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:45 – 04:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:23 – 05:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta18:00 – 18:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:12 – 18:44
Amṛta Kāla17:57 – 19:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:36 – 18:12
Yamaganda11:50 – 13:25
Gulika Kāla15:01 – 16:36
Varjyam05:59 – 06:19
Dur Muhūrta 08:26 – 08:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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):
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 Udveg05:27 – 07:03 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:03 – 08:38 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:38 – 10:14 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:14 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:50 – 13:25 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:25 – 15:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:01 – 16:36 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:36 – 18:12 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:12 – 19:36 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:36 – 21:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:01 – 22:25 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:25 – 23:50 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:50 – 01:14 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:14 – 02:38 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:38 – 04:03 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:03 – 05:27 (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 Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869520.27
Julian Day2457985.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0993°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)338.83°
🪷 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 (24.0993°), declination 12.43°, EoT -3.05 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: 2017-08-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)