पञ्चाङ्ग — Port Louis, Mauritius · December 21, 2012 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 9.16 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाऽहमहमौषधम्।

मंत्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम्।।9.16।।
"9.16 I am the Oblation, the Sacrifice and the Worship; I am the Fuel and the Chant, I am the Butter offered to the fire, I am the Fire itself, and I am the Act of offering." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya245.54°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra345.00°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala271.93°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha229.77°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati44.52°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra221.86°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani194.32°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:28 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:49 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:49 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:44 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 21 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 38 Mins 53 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:41 – 04:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:21 – 05:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:16
Godhūli Muhūrta18:37 – 19:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:49 – 19:23
Amṛta Kāla18:34 – 20:19
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:28 – 12:09
Yamaganda15:29 – 17:09
Gulika Kāla07:08 – 08:48
Varjyam06:01 – 06:23
Dur Muhūrta 08:35 – 09:02

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:28 – 07:08 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:08 – 08:48 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:48 – 10:28 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:28 – 12:09 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:09 – 13:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:49 – 15:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:29 – 17:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:09 – 18:49 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:49 – 20:09 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:09 – 21:29 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:29 – 22:49 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:49 – 00:09 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:09 – 01:28 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:28 – 02:48 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:48 – 04:08 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:08 – 05:28 (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 Śukla Navamī + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867817.27
Julian Day2456282.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0342°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)96.51°
🪷 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 (24.0342°), declination -23.44°, EoT 1.38 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: 2012-12-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)