पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · March 10, 2018 CE

Also observed today

कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति · Kumbha SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 3.37 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga

श्री भगवानुवाच

काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः।

महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्।।3.37।।

"3.37 Lord Shri Krishna: It is desire, it is aversion, born of passion. Desire consumes and corrupts everything. It is man's greatest enemy." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 3.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1425

Malayalam Era: 1194

Nanakshahi: 549

Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	325.31°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra	241.60°	Dhanu	Mūla P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	241.19°	Dhanu	Mūla P1
बुध Budha	341.78°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	208.92°	Tulā	Viśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra	339.47°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani	253.68°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:00 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:57 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	00:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	11:48 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 54 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 05 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:25 – 05:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:01 – 06:00
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:34 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:57 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:43 – 18:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:55 – 18:25
Amṛta Kāla	17:40 – 19:25
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:34 – 00:21

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	08:59 – 10:28
Yamaganda	13:27 – 14:56
Gulika Kāla	06:00 – 07:30
Varjyam	06:30 – 06:49
Dur Muhūrta	08:47 – 09:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	06:00 – 07:30 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	07:30 – 08:59 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	08:59 – 10:28 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	10:28 – 11:57 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	11:57 – 13:27 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	13:27 – 14:56 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	14:56 – 16:25 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	16:25 – 17:55 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	17:55 – 19:25 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	19:25 – 20:56 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	20:56 – 22:27 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	22:27 – 23:57 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	23:57 – 01:28 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	01:28 – 02:59 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	02:59 – 04:30 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	04:30 – 06:00 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 20.4625°

Longitude: 85.8828°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Mūla alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869722.27
Julian Day	2458187.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1071°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	275.01°

🪷 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 (24.1071°), declination -4.19°, EoT -11.02 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: 2018-03-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)