पञ्चाङ्ग — Paris, France · July 19, 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.41 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां च परंतप।कर्माणि प्रविभक्तानि स्वभावप्रभवैर्गुणैः।।18.41।।
"18.41 O Arjuna! The duties of spiritual teachers, the soldiers, the traders and the servants have all been fixed according to the dominant Quality in their nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya92.85°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra129.61°SiṃhaMaghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala61.71°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha101.60°KarkaPuṣya P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati257.21°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra52.66°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शनि Śani343.56°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:07 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:46 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:57 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:32 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:15 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 38 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 21 Mins 28 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:02 – 04:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:49 – 05:07
Abhijit Muhūrta12:25 – 13:28
Vijaya Muhūrta15:33 – 16:36
Godhūli Muhūrta20:34 – 20:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:46 – 21:25
Amṛta Kāla20:31 – 22:16
Niśīta Muhūrta00:25 – 01:28

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:59 – 12:57
Yamaganda16:51 – 18:48
Gulika Kāla07:05 – 09:02
Varjyam05:46 – 06:11
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:18

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:07 – 07:05 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:05 – 09:02 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:02 – 10:59 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:59 – 12:57 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:57 – 14:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:54 – 16:51 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:51 – 18:48 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala18:48 – 20:46 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga20:46 – 21:48 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg21:48 – 22:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:51 – 23:54 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:54 – 00:57 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:57 – 01:59 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:59 – 03:02 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:02 – 04:05 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:05 – 05:07 (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 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)1861818.27 · 5097.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450283.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8048° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)40.06° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.8048°) · declination 20.82° · EoT -5.93 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:1996-07-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)