पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · September 6, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: इन्दिरा एकादशी — Indirā Ekādaśī
Falls in Pitṛ Pakṣa; liberates ancestors from naraka.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.26 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते।

एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः।।8.26।।
"8.26 These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoso takes the former, returns not; he who chooses the latter, returns.*" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya139.31°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra87.96°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala274.84°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha125.56°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati203.68°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra183.21°TulāCitrā P3
शनि Śani248.32°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:31 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:58 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:44 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:42 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:56 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 26 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 33 Mins 17 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:51 – 04:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:29 – 05:31
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta17:46 – 18:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:58 – 18:29
Amṛta Kāla17:43 – 19:28
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:18 – 14:51
Yamaganda05:31 – 07:04
Gulika Kāla08:38 – 10:11
Varjyam06:02 – 06:22
Dur Muhūrta 08:25 – 08:50

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:31 – 07:04 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:04 – 08:38 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:38 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:11 – 11:44 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:44 – 13:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:18 – 14:51 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:51 – 16:24 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:24 – 17:58 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:58 – 19:24 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:24 – 20:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:51 – 22:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:18 – 23:44 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:44 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:11 – 02:38 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:38 – 04:04 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:04 – 05:31 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869902.27
Julian Day2458367.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1139°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)311.27°
🪷 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 (24.1139°), declination 6.52°, EoT 2.20 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: 2018-09-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)