पञ्चाङ्ग — Paris, France · March 6, 2008 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: महा शिवरात्रि — Mahā Śivarātri
The greatest night of Lord Śiva; cosmic dance of dissolution.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.5 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
धृष्टकेतुश्चेकितानः काशिराजश्च वीर्यवान्।

पुरुजित्कुन्तिभोजश्च शैब्यश्च नरपुङ्गवः।।1.5।।
"1.5 Dhrishtaketu, Chekitan, the valiant King of Benares, Purujit, Kuntibhoja, Shaibya - a master over many;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya321.87°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra300.46°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala66.47°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
बुध Budha294.78°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati263.15°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra297.41°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani130.16°SiṃhaMaghā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:23 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:42 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:03 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:36 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:38 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 18 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 41 Mins 10 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:53 – 06:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:27 – 07:23
Abhijit Muhūrta12:40 – 13:25
Vijaya Muhūrta14:56 – 15:41
Godhūli Muhūrta18:30 – 18:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:42 – 19:10
Amṛta Kāla18:27 – 20:12
Niśīta Muhūrta00:40 – 01:25

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:27 – 15:52
Yamaganda07:23 – 08:48
Gulika Kāla10:13 – 11:38
Varjyam07:51 – 08:10
Dur Muhūrta 10:02 – 10:24

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:23 – 08:48 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:48 – 10:13 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:13 – 11:38 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:38 – 13:03 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha13:03 – 14:27 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:27 – 15:52 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:52 – 17:17 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:17 – 18:42 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:42 – 20:17 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:17 – 21:52 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:52 – 23:27 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:27 – 01:03 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg01:03 – 02:38 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:38 – 04:13 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:13 – 05:48 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:48 – 07:23 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

12 steps · festival walk
Today is Mahā Śivarātri — its dedicated walk.
Śiva-stuti through Bhāgavata + Mahābhārata Anuśāsana.

🌌 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 Year5109 · Kali-5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866066.27 · 5109.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454531.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9672° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)337.80° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.9672°) · declination -5.58° · EoT -12.00 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:2008-03-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)