पञ्चाङ्ग — Cuttack, Odisha · January 18, 2037 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 1.35 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन।

अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते।।1.35।।
"1.35 I would not kill them, even for three worlds; why then for this poor earth? It matters not if I myself am killed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.35's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2094 Pramoda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1959 Piṅgala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1444
Malayalam Era: 1213
Nanakshahi: 568
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya273.91°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra291.76°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala234.86°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha249.85°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati51.76°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra258.25°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani126.86°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:30 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:46 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 03 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 56 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:57 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:30 – 06:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:32
Godhūli Muhūrta17:17 – 17:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:29 – 17:56
Amṛta Kāla17:14 – 18:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:06 – 17:29
Yamaganda11:57 – 13:20
Gulika Kāla14:43 – 16:06
Varjyam06:53 – 07:10
Dur Muhūrta 09:00 – 09:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
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 – 09:11 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:11 – 10:34 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:34 – 11:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:57 – 13:20 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:20 – 14:43 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:43 – 16:06 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:06 – 17:29 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:29 – 19:06 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:06 – 20:43 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:43 – 22:20 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:20 – 23:57 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:57 – 01:34 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:34 – 03:11 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:11 – 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 Year5138
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1876611.27
Julian Day2465076.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.3705°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)20.49°
🪷 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 (24.3705°), declination -20.50°, EoT -10.35 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: 2037-01-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)