पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · April 20, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.23 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात्।

कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः।।5.23।।
"5.23 He who, before he leaves his body, learns to surmount the promptings of desire and anger is a saint and is happy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya6.29°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra332.87°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala289.67°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha350.48°MīnaRevatī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati272.18°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra48.70°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शनि Śani277.43°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:07 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:46 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:33 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 42 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 17 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:43 – 04:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:21 – 05:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:11
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:55 – 18:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:07 – 18:39
Amṛta Kāla17:52 – 19:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:11

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:00 – 08:35
Yamaganda10:10 – 11:46
Gulika Kāla13:21 – 14:56
Varjyam05:56 – 06:16
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:24 – 07:00 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:00 – 08:35 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:35 – 10:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:10 – 11:46 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:46 – 13:21 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:21 – 14:56 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:56 – 16:31 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:31 – 18:07 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:07 – 19:31 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:31 – 20:56 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:56 – 22:21 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:21 – 23:46 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:46 – 01:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:10 – 02:35 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:35 – 04:00 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:00 – 05:24 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870494.27
Julian Day2458959.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1366°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)325.15°
🪷 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 (24.1366°), declination 11.62°, EoT 0.97 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: 2020-04-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)