पञ्चाङ्ग — Paris, France · August 16, 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
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🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.69 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न च तस्मान्मनुष्येषु कश्िचन्मे प्रियकृत्तमः।भविता न च मे तस्मादन्यः प्रियतरो भुवि।।18.69।।
"18.69 Nor is there among men any who can perform a service dearer to Me than this, or any man on earth more beloved by Me than he." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.69'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 Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya119.65°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra138.63°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala80.38°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha146.44°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati254.62°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra73.92°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शनि Śani342.90°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:44 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:05 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:55 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:35 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:46 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 20 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 39 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:50 – 04:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:33 – 05:44
Abhijit Muhūrta12:26 – 13:23
Vijaya Muhūrta15:18 – 16:15
Godhūli Muhūrta19:53 – 20:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:05 – 20:41
Amṛta Kāla19:50 – 21:35
Niśīta Muhūrta00:26 – 01:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:07 – 12:55
Yamaganda16:30 – 18:17
Gulika Kāla07:32 – 09:19
Varjyam06:20 – 06:43
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:34

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:44 – 07:32 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:32 – 09:19 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:19 – 11:07 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:07 – 12:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:55 – 14:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:42 – 16:30 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:30 – 18:17 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala18:17 – 20:05 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga20:05 – 21:17 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg21:17 – 22:30 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:30 – 23:42 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:42 – 00:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:55 – 02:07 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:07 – 03:19 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:19 – 04:32 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:32 – 05:44 (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)1861846.27 · 5097.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450311.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8058° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)20.84° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (23.8058°) · declination 13.70° · EoT -3.97 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:1996-08-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)