पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · September 25, 2018 CE

Also observed today

रास पूर्णिमा · Rāsa Pūrṇimā (Vraja Mahā-Rāsa)Vaishnava
महर्षि वाल्मीकि जयन्ती · Mahārṣi Vālmīki JayantīPan-Hindu
कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति · Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 9.17 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga🪷 Pitāham Asya Jagato · Krishna IS the Mother

पिताऽहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः।

वेद्यं पवित्रमोंकार ऋक् साम यजुरेव च।।9.17।।

"9.17 I am the Father of the universe and its Mother; I am its Nourisher and its Grandfather; I am the Knowable and the Pure; I am Om; and I am the Sacred Scriptures." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 9.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1425

Malayalam Era: 1194

Nanakshahi: 549

Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	157.82°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra	336.81°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	279.38°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha	160.75°	Kanyā	Hasta P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	206.79°	Tulā	Viśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra	194.50°	Tulā	Svātī P3
शनि Śani	248.60°	Dhanu	Mūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:37 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	17:30 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	05:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 04 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 55 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:58 – 04:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:35 – 05:35
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:13 – 12:01
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:38 – 14:26
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:28 – 17:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:40 – 18:10
Amṛta Kāla	17:25 – 19:10
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:13 – 00:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	14:39 – 16:09
Yamaganda	08:36 – 10:07
Gulika Kāla	11:37 – 13:08
Varjyam	06:05 – 06:24
Dur Muhūrta	08:24 – 08:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)

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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	05:35 – 07:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:06 – 08:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	08:36 – 10:07 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:07 – 11:37 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	11:37 – 13:08 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:08 – 14:39 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	14:39 – 16:09 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	16:09 – 17:40 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	17:40 – 19:09 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	19:09 – 20:39 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	20:39 – 22:08 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:08 – 23:37 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	23:37 – 01:07 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:07 – 02:36 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	02:36 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:06 – 05:35 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 20.4625°

Longitude: 85.8828°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869921.27
Julian Day	2458386.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1147°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	178.98°

🪷 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 (24.1147°), declination -0.77°, EoT 9.15 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: 2018-09-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)