पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · April 7, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: पापमोचनी एकादशी — Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī
Removes mahā-pātakas (great sins).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.8 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम्।अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम्।।16.8।।
"16.8 They say the universe is an accident with no purpose and no God. Life is created by sexual union, a product of lust and nothing else." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya353.30°MīnaRevatī P2
चन्द्र Candra295.34°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala55.67°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
बुध Budha340.71°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati300.22°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra356.00°MīnaRevatī P3
शनि Śani287.69°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:03 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:17 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 27 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 32 Mins 16 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:55 – 04:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:33 – 05:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:51 – 18:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:03 – 18:34
Amṛta Kāla17:48 – 19:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:14

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:49 – 13:22
Yamaganda07:09 – 08:42
Gulika Kāla10:15 – 11:49
Varjyam06:06 – 06:26
Dur Muhūrta 08:30 – 08:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:35 – 07:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:09 – 08:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:42 – 10:15 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:15 – 11:49 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:49 – 13:22 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:22 – 14:56 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:56 – 16:29 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:29 – 18:03 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:03 – 19:29 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:29 – 20:56 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:56 – 22:22 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:22 – 23:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:49 – 01:15 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:15 – 02:42 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:42 – 04:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:09 – 05:35 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870846.27
Julian Day2459311.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1500°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)300.24°
🪷 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 (24.1500°), declination 6.85°, EoT -2.49 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: 2021-04-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)