पञ्चाङ्ग — Purī (Jagannāth) · October 29, 1796 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 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 17.27 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
यज्ञे तपसि दाने च स्थितिः सदिति चोच्यते।कर्म चैव तदर्थीयं सदित्येवाभिधीयते।।17.27।।
"17.27 Conviction in sacrifice, in austerity and in giving is also called Sat.' So too an action done only for the Lord's sake." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1853 Śukla
Śaka Saṁvat: 1718 Nala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1203
Malayalam Era: 972
Nanakshahi: 327
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya195.36°TulāSvātī P3
चन्द्र Candra175.77°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala284.39°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha199.62°TulāSvātī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati314.29°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra152.31°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani68.64°MithunaĀrdrā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:47 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:05 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 27 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 32 Mins 50 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:15 – 05:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:49 – 05:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 11:53
Vijaya Muhūrta13:25 – 14:11
Godhūli Muhūrta17:02 – 17:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:14 – 17:42
Amṛta Kāla16:59 – 18:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 23:53

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:38 – 10:04
Yamaganda12:56 – 14:22
Gulika Kāla05:47 – 07:13
Varjyam06:15 – 06:34
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:50

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:47 – 07:13 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:13 – 08:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:38 – 10:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:04 – 11:30 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:30 – 12:56 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:56 – 14:22 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:22 – 15:48 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:48 – 17:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:14 – 18:48 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:48 – 20:22 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:22 – 21:56 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:56 – 23:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:30 – 01:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:04 – 02:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:38 – 04:13 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:13 – 05:47 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 19.8135°
Longitude: 85.8312°
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 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 Year4898 · Kali-4898
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1788872.27 · 4897.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2377337.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.0149° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)341.10° · 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 (21.0149°) · declination -13.64° · EoT 16.43 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:1796-10-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)