पञ्चाङ्ग — Paris, France · January 11, 2020 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 3.8 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः।

शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः।।3.8।।
"3.8 Do thy duty as prescribed, for action for duty's sake is superior to inaction. Even the maintenance of the body would be impossible if man remained inactive." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya266.13°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra89.21°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala220.76°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha266.14°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati254.86°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra302.26°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani268.40°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:42 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:15 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:58 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:20 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:02 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 32 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 27 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:34 – 08:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:59 – 08:42
Abhijit Muhūrta12:41 – 13:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 14:58
Godhūli Muhūrta17:03 – 17:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:15 – 17:36
Amṛta Kāla17:00 – 18:45
Niśīta Muhūrta00:41 – 01:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:50 – 11:54
Yamaganda14:03 – 15:07
Gulika Kāla08:42 – 09:46
Varjyam09:03 – 09:17
Dur Muhūrta 10:42 – 10:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
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 · 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 Kāla08:42 – 09:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha09:46 – 10:50 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:50 – 11:54 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:54 – 12:58 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:58 – 14:03 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:03 – 15:07 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:07 – 16:11 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:11 – 17:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:15 – 19:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:11 – 21:07 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:07 – 23:03 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:03 – 00:58 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:58 – 02:54 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:54 – 04:50 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:50 – 06:46 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha06:46 – 08:42 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Pratipada + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870394.27
Julian Day2458859.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1328°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)181.61°
🪷 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 (24.1328°), declination -21.91°, EoT -7.89 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: 2020-01-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)