पञ्चाङ्ग — Port Louis, Mauritius · January 16, 2013 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 10.8 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga🪷 Ahaṁ Sarvasya Prabhavo · the source of all
अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवो मत्तः सर्वं प्रवर्तते।

इति मत्वा भजन्ते मां बुधा भावसमन्विताः।।10.8।।
"10.8 I am the source of all; from Me everything flows. Therefore the wise worship Me with unchanging devotion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya272.03°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra327.70°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala292.36°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha270.41°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati42.24°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra254.41°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani196.25°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:44 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:56 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:55 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:10 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 12 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 47 Mins 43 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:58 – 04:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:38 – 05:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:32 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:44 – 19:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:56 – 19:29
Amṛta Kāla18:41 – 20:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:20 – 13:59
Yamaganda07:23 – 09:02
Gulika Kāla10:41 – 12:20
Varjyam06:17 – 06:38
Dur Muhūrta 08:48 – 09:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:44 – 07:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:23 – 09:02 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:02 – 10:41 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:41 – 12:20 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:20 – 13:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:59 – 15:38 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:38 – 17:17 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:17 – 18:56 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:56 – 20:17 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:17 – 21:38 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:38 – 22:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:59 – 00:20 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:20 – 01:41 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:41 – 03:02 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:02 – 04:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:23 – 05:44 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867843.27
Julian Day2456308.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0352°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)54.43°
🪷 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 (24.0352°), declination -20.93°, EoT -9.69 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: 2013-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)