पञ्चाङ्ग — Paris, France · January 26, 2016 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: 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 2.36 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून् वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः।

निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम्।।2.36।।
"2.36 Thine enemies will spread scandal and mock at thy courage. Can anything be more humiliating?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya281.42°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra124.44°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala197.64°TulāSvātī P4
बुध Budha260.51°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati147.93°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra248.38°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani229.33°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:30 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:37 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:03 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:35 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:35 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 07 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 52 Mins 55 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:17 – 07:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:44 – 08:30
Abhijit Muhūrta12:45 – 13:21
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta17:25 – 17:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:37 – 17:59
Amṛta Kāla17:22 – 19:07
Niśīta Muhūrta00:45 – 01:21

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:20 – 16:28
Yamaganda10:46 – 11:55
Gulika Kāla13:03 – 14:12
Varjyam08:52 – 09:07
Dur Muhūrta 10:37 – 10:55

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (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):
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 Roga08:30 – 09:38 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg09:38 – 10:46 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:46 – 11:55 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:55 – 13:03 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta13:03 – 14:12 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:12 – 15:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:20 – 16:28 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:28 – 17:37 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:37 – 19:28 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:28 – 21:20 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:20 – 23:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:12 – 01:03 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala01:03 – 02:55 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:55 – 04:46 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:46 – 06:38 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla06:38 – 08:30 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5117 · Kali-5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868948.27 · 5117.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457413.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0775° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)205.22° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (24.0775°) · declination -18.89° · EoT -12.54 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:2016-01-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)