पञ्चाङ्ग — Paris, France · January 31, 2016 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 2.41 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन।

बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम्।।2.41।।
"2.41 By its means, the straying intellect becomes steadied in the contemplation of one object only; whereas the minds of the irresolute stray into bypaths innumerable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.41'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

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya286.50°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra184.45°TulāCitrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala200.17°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha262.07°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati147.61°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra254.54°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani229.75°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:24 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:45 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:04 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:03 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:28 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 21 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 38 Mins 47 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:09 – 07:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:37 – 08:24
Abhijit Muhūrta12:45 – 13:23
Vijaya Muhūrta14:38 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta17:33 – 17:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:45 – 18:08
Amṛta Kāla17:30 – 19:15
Niśīta Muhūrta00:45 – 01:23

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:35 – 17:45
Yamaganda13:04 – 14:14
Gulika Kāla15:24 – 16:35
Varjyam08:47 – 09:02
Dur Muhūrta 10:34 – 10:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg08:24 – 09:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala09:34 – 10:44 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:44 – 11:54 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:54 – 13:04 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla13:04 – 14:14 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:14 – 15:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:24 – 16:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:35 – 17:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:45 – 19:35 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:35 – 21:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:24 – 23:14 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:14 – 01:04 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha01:04 – 02:54 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:54 – 04:44 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:44 – 06:34 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha06:34 – 08:24 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868953.27
Julian Day2457418.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0776°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)260.21°
🪷 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 (24.0776°), declination -17.58°, EoT -13.53 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: 2016-01-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)