पञ्चाङ्ग — Paris, France · December 22, 2021 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 3.18 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन।

न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्िचदर्थव्यपाश्रयः।।3.18।।
"3.18 He has nothing to gain by the performance or non-performance of action. His welfare depends not on any contribution that an earthly creature can make." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya246.24°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra97.40°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala221.60°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha258.66°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati304.51°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra271.88°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani286.75°MakaraŚravaṇa 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)12:50 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:13 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:36 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 – 17:18
Amṛta Kāla16:42 – 18:27
Niśīta Muhūrta00:33 – 01:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:50 – 13:52
Yamaganda09:44 – 10:46
Gulika Kāla11:48 – 12:50
Varjyam09:03 – 09:16
Dur Muhūrta 10:38 – 10:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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 Labha08:42 – 09:44 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta09:44 – 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 – 14:53 (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 – 22:52 (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 – 06:44 (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 Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871105.27
Julian Day2459570.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1600°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)213.95°
🪷 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 (24.1600°), declination -23.44°, EoT 0.91 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: 2021-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)