पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · March 14, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.16 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः।

न चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन।।6.16।।
"6.16 Meditation is not for him who eats too much, not for him who eats not at all; not for him who is overmuch addicted to sleep, not for him who is always awake." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya329.76°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra20.58°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala298.53°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha342.72°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati19.52°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra308.13°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani317.40°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:56 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:52 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:47 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 59 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 00 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:20 – 05:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:56 – 05:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:32 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta17:44 – 18:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:56 – 18:26
Amṛta Kāla17:41 – 19:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:32 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:26 – 14:56
Yamaganda05:56 – 07:26
Gulika Kāla08:56 – 10:26
Varjyam06:26 – 06:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:56 – 07:26 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:26 – 08:56 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:56 – 10:26 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:26 – 11:56 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:56 – 13:26 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:26 – 14:56 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:56 – 16:26 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:26 – 17:56 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:56 – 19:26 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:26 – 20:56 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:56 – 22:26 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:26 – 23:56 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:56 – 01:26 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:26 – 02:56 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:56 – 04:26 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:26 – 05:56 (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)1871918.27
Julian Day2460383.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1910°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)48.25°
🪷 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 (24.1910°), declination -2.40°, EoT -9.94 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: 2024-03-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)