पञ्चाङ्ग — Purī (Jagannāth) · October 16, 1781 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: नरक चतुर्दशी — Naraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī)
Krishna slew Narakāsura, freeing 16,000 captive princesses. Day 2 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.37 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान्।

स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव।।1.37।।
"1.37 We are worthy of a nobler feat than to slaughter our relatives - the sons of Dhritarashtra; for, my Lord, how can we be happy of we kill our kinsmen?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1838 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1703 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1188
Malayalam Era: 957
Nanakshahi: 312
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya182.24°TulāCitrā P3
चन्द्र Candra163.31°KanyāHasta P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala288.29°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha200.45°TulāViśākhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati220.69°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शुक्र Śukra220.45°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani238.03°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

☀️ Purī (Jagannāth) — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:41 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:32 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 41 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 18 Mins 52 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:08 – 04:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:43 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:08 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:28 – 14:15
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:51
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:08 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:27 – 15:55
Yamaganda08:36 – 10:04
Gulika Kāla11:32 – 12:59
Varjyam06:10 – 06:29
Dur Muhūrta 08:25 – 08:48

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:41 – 07:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:09 – 08:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:36 – 10:04 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:04 – 11:32 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:32 – 12:59 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:59 – 14:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:27 – 15:55 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:55 – 17:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:22 – 18:55 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:55 – 20:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:27 – 21:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:59 – 23:32 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:32 – 01:04 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:04 – 02:36 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:36 – 04:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:09 – 05:41 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 19.8135°
Longitude: 85.8312°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year4883 · Kali-4883
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1783380.27 · 4882.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2371845.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)20.8048° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)342.05° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (20.8048°) · declination -8.96° · EoT 15.05 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1781-10-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)