पञ्चाङ्ग — Paris, France · February 7, 2014 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 2.19 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्।

उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते।।2.19।।
"2.19 He who thinks that the Spirit kills, and he who thinks of It as killed, are both ignorant. The Spirit kills not, nor is It killed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya294.12°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra26.72°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala180.40°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha309.14°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati76.95°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra259.88°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani208.53°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:13 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:57 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:05 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:44 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:46 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 44 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 15 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:55 – 07:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:24 – 08:13
Abhijit Muhūrta12:45 – 13:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:42 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta17:45 – 18:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:57 – 18:21
Amṛta Kāla17:42 – 19:27
Niśīta Muhūrta00:45 – 01:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:52 – 13:05
Yamaganda15:31 – 16:44
Gulika Kāla09:26 – 10:39
Varjyam08:37 – 08:53
Dur Muhūrta 10:29 – 10:49

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala08:13 – 09:26 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha09:26 – 10:39 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:39 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:52 – 13:05 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha13:05 – 14:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:18 – 15:31 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:31 – 16:44 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:44 – 17:57 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:57 – 19:44 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:44 – 21:31 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:31 – 23:18 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:18 – 01:05 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta01:05 – 02:52 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:52 – 04:39 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:39 – 06:26 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga06:26 – 08:13 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Bharaṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868230.27
Julian Day2456695.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0500°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)89.79°
🪷 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 (24.0500°), declination -15.38°, EoT -14.38 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: 2014-02-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)