पञ्चाङ्ग — Paris, France · December 21, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.41 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
यद्यद्विभूतिमत्सत्त्वं श्रीमदूर्जितमेव वा।

तत्तदेवावगच्छ त्वं मम तेजोंऽशसंभवम्।।10.41।।
"10.41 Whatever is glorious, excellent, beautiful and mighty, be assured that it comes from a fragment of My splendour." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya245.51°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra155.08°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala306.91°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha260.69°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati175.24°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra291.04°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani235.82°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:42 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:57 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:49 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:42 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:53 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 14 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 45 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:36 – 08:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā08:01 – 08:42
Abhijit Muhūrta12:33 – 13:06
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 14:45
Godhūli Muhūrta16:45 – 17:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:57 – 17:17
Amṛta Kāla16:42 – 18:27
Niśīta Muhūrta00:33 – 01:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:49 – 13:51
Yamaganda09:44 – 10:46
Gulika Kāla11:47 – 12:49
Varjyam09:02 – 09:16
Dur Muhūrta 10:37 – 10:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha08:42 – 09:44 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta09:44 – 10:46 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:46 – 11:47 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:47 – 12:49 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:49 – 13:51 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:51 – 14:53 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:53 – 15:55 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:55 – 16:57 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:57 – 18:55 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:55 – 20:53 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:53 – 22:51 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:51 – 00:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:49 – 02:47 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:47 – 04:46 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:46 – 06:44 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg06:44 – 08:42 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Uttara Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869278.27
Julian Day2457743.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0901°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)267.36°
🪷 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 (24.0901°), declination -23.44°, EoT 1.38 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: 2016-12-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)