पञ्चाङ्ग — Port Louis, Mauritius · January 31, 1997 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
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🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.40 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते।

एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम्।।3.40।।
"3.40 It works through the senses, the mind and the reason; and with their help destroys wisdom and confounds the soul." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.40's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya287.39°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra188.35°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala161.84°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha263.74°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati278.45°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra272.32°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani339.69°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:53 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:54 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:27 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:08 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 00 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 59 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:09 – 05:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:48 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta18:42 – 19:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:54 – 19:26
Amṛta Kāla18:39 – 20:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:46 – 12:24
Yamaganda15:39 – 17:16
Gulika Kāla07:31 – 09:08
Varjyam06:26 – 06:47
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:21

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:53 – 07:31 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:31 – 09:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:08 – 10:46 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:46 – 12:24 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:24 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:01 – 15:39 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:39 – 17:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:16 – 18:54 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:54 – 20:16 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:16 – 21:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:39 – 23:01 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:01 – 00:24 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:24 – 01:46 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:46 – 03:08 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:08 – 04:31 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:31 – 05:53 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Svātī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862014.27 · 5098.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450479.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8123° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)264.89° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (23.8123°) · declination -17.41° · EoT -13.53 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:1997-01-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)