पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · November 9, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: उत्पन्ना एकादशी — Utpannā Ekādaśī
Birth-day of Ekādaśī Devī herself; first Ekādaśī observed historically.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.4 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते।

न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति।।3.4।।
"3.4 No man can attain freedom from activity by refraining from action; nor can he reach perfection by merely refusing to act." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya202.18°TulāViśākhā P1
चन्द्र Candra152.31°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala204.68°TulāViśākhā P2
बुध Budha213.57°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati15.54°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra156.19°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani306.44°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:53 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:09 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:31 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:07 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 15 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 44 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:23 – 05:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:56 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:08 – 11:53
Vijaya Muhūrta13:23 – 14:08
Godhūli Muhūrta16:57 – 17:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:09 – 17:37
Amṛta Kāla16:54 – 18:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:08 – 23:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:55 – 14:20
Yamaganda05:53 – 07:17
Gulika Kāla08:42 – 10:06
Varjyam06:21 – 06:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:30 – 08:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:53 – 07:17 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:17 – 08:42 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:42 – 10:06 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:06 – 11:31 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:31 – 12:55 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:55 – 14:20 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:20 – 15:44 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:44 – 17:09 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:09 – 18:44 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:44 – 20:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:20 – 21:55 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:55 – 23:31 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:31 – 01:06 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:06 – 02:42 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:42 – 04:17 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:17 – 05:53 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871792.27
Julian Day2460257.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1862°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)309.17°
🪷 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 (24.1862°), declination -16.73°, EoT 15.87 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: 2023-11-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)