पञ्चाङ्ग — Port Louis, Mauritius · October 24, 1992 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: नरक चतुर्दशी — Naraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī)
Krishna slew Narakāsura, freeing 16,000 captive princesses. Day 2 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.1 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच

धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः।

मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत सञ्जय।।1.1।।
"1.1 The King Dhritarashtra asked: "O Sanjaya! What happened on the sacred battlefield of Kurukshetra, when my people gathered against the Pandavas?"" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2049 Pārthiva
Śaka Saṁvat: 1914 Aṅgirasa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1399
Malayalam Era: 1168
Nanakshahi: 523
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya187.13°TulāSvātī P1
चन्द्र Candra162.53°KanyāHasta P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala86.55°MithunaPunarvasu P2
बुध Budha209.73°TulāViśākhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati158.91°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra221.59°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani288.04°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

☀️ Port Louis, Mauritius — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · GST/MUT)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:33 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:15 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:09 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:22 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 42 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 17 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:51 – 04:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:29 – 05:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:52
Godhūli Muhūrta18:03 – 18:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:15 – 18:47
Amṛta Kāla18:00 – 19:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:19

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:43 – 10:19
Yamaganda13:29 – 15:04
Gulika Kāla05:33 – 07:08
Varjyam06:04 – 06:25
Dur Muhūrta 08:31 – 08:56

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:33 – 07:08 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:08 – 08:43 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:43 – 10:19 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:19 – 11:54 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:54 – 13:29 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:29 – 15:04 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:04 – 16:40 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:40 – 18:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:15 – 19:40 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:40 – 21:04 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:04 – 22:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:29 – 23:54 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:54 – 01:19 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:19 – 02:43 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:43 – 04:08 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:08 – 05:33 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: -20.1609°
Longitude: 57.5012°
Timezone: UTC+4

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

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

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5094 · Kali-5094
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1860454.27 · 5093.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2448919.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7526° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)337.40° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.7526°) · declination -11.78° · EoT 16.15 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1992-10-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)