पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · January 22, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.9 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत।ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत।।14.9।।
"14.9 Purity brings happiness, Passion commotion, and Ignorance, which obscures wisdom, leads to a life of failure." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya277.56°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra280.01°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala44.19°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha254.31°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati340.11°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra299.22°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani300.59°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:31 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:58 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:41 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 05 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 54 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:56 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:30 – 06:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:33
Godhūli Muhūrta17:19 – 17:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:31 – 17:59
Amṛta Kāla17:16 – 19:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:08 – 17:31
Yamaganda11:58 – 13:21
Gulika Kāla14:44 – 16:08
Varjyam06:53 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:00 – 09:23

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 Udveg06:25 – 07:48 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:48 – 09:12 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:12 – 10:35 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:35 – 11:58 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:58 – 13:21 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:21 – 14:44 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:44 – 16:08 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:08 – 17:31 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:31 – 19:08 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:08 – 20:44 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:44 – 22:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:21 – 23:58 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:58 – 01:35 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:35 – 03:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:12 – 04:48 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:48 – 06:25 (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 Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871501.27
Julian Day2459966.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1751°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)1.91°
🪷 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 (24.1751°), declination -19.77°, EoT -11.54 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: 2023-01-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)