पञ्चाङ्ग — Paris, France · May 7, 1996 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 any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.20 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि।

मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम्।।16.20।।
"16.20 So reborn, they spend life after life, enveloped in delusion. And they never reach Me, O Prince, but degenerate into still lower forms of life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya22.96°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra250.48°DhanuMūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala9.46°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha34.70°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati263.95°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra61.53°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
शनि Śani339.52°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:20 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:14 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:47 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:51 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:03 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 53 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 06 Mins 28 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:21 – 04:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:06 – 05:20
Abhijit Muhūrta12:17 – 13:17
Vijaya Muhūrta15:16 – 16:16
Godhūli Muhūrta20:02 – 20:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:14 – 20:51
Amṛta Kāla19:59 – 21:44
Niśīta Muhūrta00:17 – 01:17

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:30 – 18:22
Yamaganda09:04 – 10:55
Gulika Kāla12:47 – 14:39
Varjyam05:58 – 06:21
Dur Muhūrta 08:49 – 09:19

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:20 – 07:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:12 – 09:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:04 – 10:55 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:55 – 12:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:47 – 14:39 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:39 – 16:30 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha16:30 – 18:22 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga18:22 – 20:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla20:14 – 21:22 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha21:22 – 22:30 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga22:30 – 23:39 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:39 – 00:47 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:47 – 01:55 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:55 – 03:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:04 – 04:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:12 – 05:20 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861745.27 · 5097.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450210.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8020° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)225.62° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.8020°) · declination 16.84° · EoT 3.51 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:1996-05-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)