पञ्चाङ्ग — Paris, France · April 14, 2016 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 3.43 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga

एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना।

जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम्।।3.43।।

"3.43 Thus, O Mighty-in-Arms, knowing Him to be beyond the intellect and, by His help, subduing thy personal egotism, kill thine enemy, Desire, extremely difficult though it be."" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 3.43's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya

Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1423

Malayalam Era: 1192

Nanakshahi: 547

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	0.45°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
चन्द्र Candra	88.91°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	224.52°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P4
बुध Budha	19.15°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	139.47°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra	346.03°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani	231.81°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:02 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:41 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:51 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	10:54 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)	02:36 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 38 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 21 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:12 – 05:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:53 – 06:02
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:24 – 13:18
Vijaya Muhūrta	15:08 – 16:02
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:29 – 19:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:41 – 20:15
Amṛta Kāla	19:26 – 21:11
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:24 – 01:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	14:33 – 16:16
Yamaganda	06:02 – 07:44
Gulika Kāla	09:26 – 11:09
Varjyam	06:36 – 06:58
Dur Muhūrta	09:13 – 09:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: North-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha	06:02 – 07:44 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga	07:44 – 09:26 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg	09:26 – 11:09 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala	11:09 – 12:51 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha	12:51 – 14:33 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta	14:33 – 16:16 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla	16:16 – 17:58 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha	17:58 – 19:41 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta	19:41 – 20:58 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla	20:58 – 22:16 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha	22:16 – 23:33 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga	23:33 – 00:51 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg	00:51 – 02:09 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala	02:09 – 03:26 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha	03:26 – 04:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta	04:44 – 06:02 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 48.8566°

Longitude: 2.3522°

Timezone: UTC+1

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Bṛhaspati Walk (गुरु यात्रा)

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869027.27
Julian Day	2457492.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0805°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	85.16°

🪷 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 (24.0805°), declination 9.50°, EoT -0.50 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: 2016-04-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)