पञ्चाङ्ग — Paris, France · January 20, 2011 CE

🪷 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 9.16 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाऽहमहमौषधम्।

मंत्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम्।।9.16।।
"9.16 I am the Oblation, the Sacrifice and the Worship; I am the Fuel and the Chant, I am the Butter offered to the fire, I am the Fire itself, and I am the Act of offering." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya275.61°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra97.69°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala279.06°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha254.11°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati335.56°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra228.91°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani172.94°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:35 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:28 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:02 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:29 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:51 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 52 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 07 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:24 – 08:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:51 – 08:35
Abhijit Muhūrta12:44 – 13:19
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta17:16 – 17:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:28 – 17:50
Amṛta Kāla17:13 – 18:58
Niśīta Muhūrta00:44 – 01:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:08 – 15:15
Yamaganda08:35 – 09:42
Gulika Kāla10:48 – 11:55
Varjyam08:58 – 09:12
Dur Muhūrta 10:40 – 10:57

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha08:35 – 09:42 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga09:42 – 10:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:48 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:55 – 13:02 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha13:02 – 14:08 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:08 – 15:15 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:15 – 16:21 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:21 – 17:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:28 – 19:21 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:21 – 21:15 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:15 – 23:08 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:08 – 01:02 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg01:02 – 02:55 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:55 – 04:48 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:48 – 06:42 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta06:42 – 08:35 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867116.27
Julian Day2455581.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0074°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)180.57°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0074°), declination -20.23°, EoT -10.96 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2011-01-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)