पञ्चाङ्ग — Paris, France · April 23, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.38 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते।

तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति।।4.38।।
"4.38 There is nothing in the world so purifying as wisdom; and he who is a perfect saint finds that at last in his own Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya8.74°MeṣaAśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra100.52°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala265.25°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha342.80°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati206.05°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra33.64°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
शनि Śani254.89°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:45 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:53 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:49 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:19 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:34 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 07 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 52 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:52 – 04:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:34 – 05:45
Abhijit Muhūrta12:21 – 13:17
Vijaya Muhūrta15:10 – 16:07
Godhūli Muhūrta19:41 – 20:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:53 – 20:28
Amṛta Kāla19:38 – 21:23
Niśīta Muhūrta00:21 – 01:17

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:31 – 09:17
Yamaganda11:03 – 12:49
Gulika Kāla14:35 – 16:21
Varjyam06:20 – 06:43
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:31

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
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 · 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 Amṛta05:45 – 07:31 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:31 – 09:17 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:17 – 11:03 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:03 – 12:49 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:49 – 14:35 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:35 – 16:21 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha16:21 – 18:07 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta18:07 – 19:53 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:53 – 21:07 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha21:07 – 22:21 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta22:21 – 23:35 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:35 – 00:49 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:49 – 02:03 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:03 – 03:17 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:17 – 04:31 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:31 – 05:45 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Puṣya alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869766.27
Julian Day2458231.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1087°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)90.93°
🪷 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 (24.1087°), declination 12.46°, EoT 1.60 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: 2018-04-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)