पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · October 17, 2018 CE

Also observed today

कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति · Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 10.5 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga

अहिंसा समता तुष्टिस्तपो दानं यशोऽयशः।

भवन्ति भावा भूतानां मत्त एव पृथग्विधाः।।10.5।।

"10.5 Harmlessness, equanimity, contentment, austerity, beneficence, fame and failure, all these, the characteristics of beings, spring from Me only." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 10.5'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 Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	179.51°	Kanyā	Citrā P2
चन्द्र Candra	272.63°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	288.76°	Makara	Śravaṇa P3
बुध Budha	196.17°	Tulā	Svātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	211.04°	Vṛścika	Viśākhā P4
शुक्र Śukra	194.12°	Tulā	Svātī P3
शनि Śani	249.63°	Dhanu	Mūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:41 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:31 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:14 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	23:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 39 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 20 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:08 – 04:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:43 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:08 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:28 – 14:14
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:09 – 17:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:21 – 17:50
Amṛta Kāla	17:06 – 18:51
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:08 – 23:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	11:31 – 12:59
Yamaganda	07:09 – 08:36
Gulika Kāla	10:04 – 11:31
Varjyam	06:11 – 06:29
Dur Muhūrta	08:25 – 08:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha	05:41 – 07:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	07:09 – 08:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	08:36 – 10:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:04 – 11:31 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	11:31 – 12:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	12:59 – 14:26 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	14:26 – 15:54 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	15:54 – 17:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	17:21 – 18:54 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	18:54 – 20:26 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	20:26 – 21:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	21:59 – 23:31 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	23:31 – 01:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:04 – 02:36 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	02:36 – 04:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	04:09 – 05:41 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 20.4625°

Longitude: 85.8828°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Uttara Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869943.27
Julian Day	2458408.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1155°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	93.26°

🪷 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 (24.1155°), declination -9.17°, EoT 15.23 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: 2018-10-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)