पञ्चाङ्ग — Port Louis, Mauritius · January 28, 2011 CE

🪷 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 9.24 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च।

न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते।।9.24।।
"9.24 I am the willing recipient of sacrifice, and I am its true Lord. But these do not know me in truth, and so they sink back." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.74°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra212.66°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala285.33°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha265.45°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati337.02°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra237.69°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani172.97°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:51 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:55 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:06 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:11 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 03 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 56 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:07 – 04:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:46 – 05:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta18:43 – 19:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:55 – 19:27
Amṛta Kāla18:40 – 20:25
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:45 – 12:23
Yamaganda15:39 – 17:17
Gulika Kāla07:29 – 09:07
Varjyam06:24 – 06:45
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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 · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:51 – 07:29 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:29 – 09:07 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:07 – 10:45 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:45 – 12:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:23 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:01 – 15:39 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:39 – 17:17 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:17 – 18:55 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:55 – 20:17 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:17 – 21:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:39 – 23:01 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:01 – 00:23 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:23 – 01:45 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:45 – 03:07 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:07 – 04:29 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:29 – 05:51 (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 Navamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867124.27
Julian Day2455589.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0077°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)286.79°
🪷 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 (24.0077°), declination -18.33°, EoT -12.97 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: 2011-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)