पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · May 2, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।

रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya17.45°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra201.05°TulāViśākhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala352.55°MīnaRevatī P2
बुध Budha3.19°MeṣaAśvinī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati84.66°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra44.99°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani345.12°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:16 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:20 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 54 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 05 Mins 36 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:33 – 04:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:12 – 05:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:52 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta17:59 – 18:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:11 – 18:43
Amṛta Kāla17:56 – 19:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:30 – 10:07
Yamaganda13:20 – 14:57
Gulika Kāla05:16 – 06:53
Varjyam05:48 – 06:09
Dur Muhūrta 08:17 – 08:43

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:16 – 06:53 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:53 – 08:30 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:30 – 10:07 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:07 – 11:43 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:43 – 13:20 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:20 – 14:57 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:57 – 16:34 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:34 – 18:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:11 – 19:34 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:34 – 20:57 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:57 – 22:20 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:20 – 23:43 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:43 – 01:07 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:07 – 02:30 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:30 – 03:53 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:53 – 05:16 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Pratipada + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872697.27
Julian Day2461162.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2208°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)185.38°
🪷 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 (24.2208°), declination 15.33°, EoT 3.04 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: 2026-05-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)