पञ्चाङ्ग — Paris, France · December 23, 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 12.5 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम्।

अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते।।12.5।।
"12.5 But they who thus fix their attention on the Absolute and Impersonal encounter greater hardships, for it is difficult for those who possess a body to realise Me as without one." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla 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)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya247.52°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra349.20°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala359.27°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha248.89°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati276.62°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra224.77°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani276.48°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:43 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:58 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:50 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:09 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:05 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 14 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 45 Mins 14 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:37 – 08:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā08:02 – 08:43
Abhijit Muhūrta12:34 – 13:07
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta16:46 – 17:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:58 – 17:18
Amṛta Kāla16:43 – 18:28
Niśīta Muhūrta00:34 – 01:07

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:50 – 13:52
Yamaganda09:45 – 10:46
Gulika Kāla11:48 – 12:50
Varjyam09:03 – 09:17
Dur Muhūrta 10:38 – 10:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha08:43 – 09:45 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta09:45 – 10:46 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:46 – 11:48 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:48 – 12:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:50 – 13:52 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:52 – 14:54 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:54 – 15:56 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:56 – 16:58 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:58 – 18:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:56 – 20:54 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:54 – 22:52 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:52 – 00:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:50 – 02:48 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:48 – 04:46 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:46 – 06:45 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg06:45 – 08:43 (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 Śukla Navamī + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870741.27
Julian Day2459206.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1460°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)100.06°
🪷 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 (24.1460°), declination -23.43°, EoT 0.44 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: 2020-12-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)