पञ्चाङ्ग — Paris, France · January 27, 1996 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 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 13.1 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव क्षेत्रं क्षेत्रज्ञमेव च।

एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामि ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं च केशव।।13.1।।
"13.1 "Arjuna asked: My Lord! Who is God and what is Nature; what is Matter and what is the Self; what is that they call Wisdom, and what is it that is worth knowing? I wish to have this explained." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya282.57°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra7.57°MeṣaAśvinī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala290.85°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha266.06°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati251.57°DhanuMūla P4
शुक्र Śukra320.63°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani327.79°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:29 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:38 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:03 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:44 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:43 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 09 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 50 Mins 35 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:15 – 07:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:43 – 08:29
Abhijit Muhūrta12:45 – 13:22
Vijaya Muhūrta14:35 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta17:26 – 17:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:38 – 18:01
Amṛta Kāla17:23 – 19:08
Niśīta Muhūrta00:45 – 01:22

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:46 – 11:55
Yamaganda14:12 – 15:21
Gulika Kāla08:29 – 09:37
Varjyam08:52 – 09:06
Dur Muhūrta 10:37 – 10:55

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla08:29 – 09:37 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha09:37 – 10:46 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:46 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:55 – 13:03 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala13:03 – 14:12 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:12 – 15:21 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:21 – 16:29 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:29 – 17:38 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:38 – 19:29 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:29 – 21:21 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:21 – 23:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:12 – 01:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga01:03 – 02:55 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:55 – 04:46 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:46 – 06:37 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha06:37 – 08:29 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 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 Śukla Saptamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

🌌 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 Year5097 · Kali-5097
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861644.27 · 5097.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450109.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7981° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)82.28° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 7/30)
🪷 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 (23.7981°) · declination -18.68° · EoT -12.76 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:1996-01-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)