पञ्चाङ्ग — Port Louis, Mauritius · August 24, 2009 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: गणेश चतुर्थी — Gaṇeśa Caturthī
Gaṇeśa's birth day; 11-day festival in Maharashtra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.17 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सत्त्वात्सञ्जायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च।प्रमादमोहौ तमसो भवतोऽज्ञानमेव च।।14.17।।
"14.17 Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya127.03°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra175.68°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala64.80°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
बुध Budha154.24°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati297.22°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra92.74°KarkaPunarvasu P4
शनि Śani147.73°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:25 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:59 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:13 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:40 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 34 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 25 Mins 50 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:52 – 05:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:27 – 06:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:54
Godhūli Muhūrta17:47 – 18:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:59 – 18:28
Amṛta Kāla17:44 – 19:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:35

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:52 – 09:18
Yamaganda10:45 – 12:12
Gulika Kāla13:39 – 15:06
Varjyam06:54 – 07:12
Dur Muhūrta 09:07 – 09:30

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:25 – 07:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:52 – 09:18 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:18 – 10:45 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:45 – 12:12 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:12 – 13:39 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:39 – 15:06 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:06 – 16:32 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:32 – 17:59 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:59 – 19:32 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:32 – 21:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:06 – 22:39 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:39 – 00:12 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:12 – 01:45 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:45 – 03:18 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:18 – 04:52 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:52 – 06:25 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5111 · Kali-5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866602.27 · 5110.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455067.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9877° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)47.87° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.9877°) · declination 11.11° · EoT -1.99 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:2009-08-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)