पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · September 26, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.3 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते।

क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप।।2.3।।
"2.3 O Arjuna! Why give way to unmanliness? O thou who art the terror of thine enemies! Shake off such shameful effeminacy, make ready to act!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya159.03°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra36.04°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala162.67°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha181.20°TulāCitrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati298.95°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra202.89°TulāViśākhā P1
शनि Śani282.94°MakaraŚravaṇa P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:39 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:51 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:59 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 03 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 56 Mins 40 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:59 – 04:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:35 – 05:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 12:01
Vijaya Muhūrta13:38 – 14:26
Godhūli Muhūrta17:27 – 17:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:39 – 18:09
Amṛta Kāla17:24 – 19:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 00:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:08 – 17:39
Yamaganda11:37 – 13:07
Gulika Kāla14:38 – 16:08
Varjyam06:05 – 06:25
Dur Muhūrta 08:24 – 08:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:35 – 07:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:06 – 08:36 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:36 – 10:07 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:07 – 11:37 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:37 – 13:07 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:07 – 14:38 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:38 – 16:08 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:08 – 17:39 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:39 – 19:08 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:08 – 20:38 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:38 – 22:07 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:07 – 23:37 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:37 – 01:07 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:07 – 02:36 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:36 – 04:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:06 – 05:35 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871018.27
Julian Day2459483.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1566°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)240.02°
🪷 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 (24.1566°), declination -1.27°, EoT 9.50 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: 2021-09-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)