पञ्चाङ्ग — Paris, France · January 4, 2018 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 2.44 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम्।

व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते।।2.44।।
"2.44 While their minds are absorbed with ideas of power and personal enjoyment, they cannot concentrate their discrimination on one point." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya259.51°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra106.91°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala201.66°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha236.65°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati203.10°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra258.01°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani247.49°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:44 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:07 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:56 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:17 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:14 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 23 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 36 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:37 – 08:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā08:02 – 08:44
Abhijit Muhūrta12:39 – 13:12
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta16:55 – 17:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:07 – 17:28
Amṛta Kāla16:52 – 18:37
Niśīta Muhūrta00:39 – 01:12

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:59 – 15:01
Yamaganda08:44 – 09:47
Gulika Kāla10:50 – 11:53
Varjyam09:05 – 09:18
Dur Muhūrta 10:41 – 10:58

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha08:44 – 09:47 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga09:47 – 10:50 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:50 – 11:53 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:53 – 12:56 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:56 – 13:59 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:59 – 15:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:01 – 16:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:04 – 17:07 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:07 – 19:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:04 – 21:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:01 – 22:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:59 – 00:56 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:56 – 02:53 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:53 – 04:50 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:50 – 06:47 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta06:47 – 08:44 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869657.27
Julian Day2458122.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1046°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)205.73°
🪷 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 (24.1046°), declination -22.74°, EoT -5.02 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: 2018-01-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)