पञ्चाङ्ग — Paris, France · January 25, 1980 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: भीष्माष्टमी — Bhīṣmāṣṭamī
Bhīṣma's mahaprasthāna anniversary (Māgha Śukla 8); Bhīṣma-tarpaṇa.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.19 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता।

योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मनः।।6.19।।
"6.19 The wise man who has conquered his mind and is absorbed in the Self is as a lamp which does not flicker, since it stands sheltered from every wind." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2037 Śrīmukha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1902 Raudra
Bengali Saṁvat: 1387
Malayalam Era: 1156
Nanakshahi: 511
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya280.64°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra16.44°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala141.55°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha283.44°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati135.08°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra317.52°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शनि Śani152.98°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2

☀️ Paris, France — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC+1)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:31 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:35 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:03 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:12 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:40 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 03 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 56 Mins 18 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:19 – 07:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:46 – 08:31
Abhijit Muhūrta12:45 – 13:21
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta17:23 – 17:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:35 – 17:57
Amṛta Kāla17:20 – 19:05
Niśīta Muhūrta00:45 – 01:21

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:55 – 13:03
Yamaganda15:19 – 16:27
Gulika Kāla09:39 – 10:47
Varjyam08:54 – 09:08
Dur Muhūrta 10:38 – 10:56

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical 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 Chala08:31 – 09:39 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha09:39 – 10:47 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:47 – 11:55 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:55 – 13:03 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha13:03 – 14:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:11 – 15:19 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:19 – 16:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:27 – 17:35 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:35 – 19:27 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:27 – 21:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:19 – 23:11 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:11 – 01:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta01:03 – 02:55 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:55 – 04:47 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:47 – 06:39 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga06:39 – 08:31 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 48.8566°
Longitude: 2.3522°
Timezone: UTC+1

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Bharaṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5081 · Kali-5081
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855798.27 · 5081.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2444263.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5745° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)93.63° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (23.5745°) · declination -19.20° · EoT -12.31 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:1980-01-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)