पञ्चाङ्ग — Port Louis, Mauritius · April 23, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.8 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय।निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः।।12.8।।
"12.8 Then let thy mind cling only to Me, let thy intellect abide in Me; and without doubt thou shalt live hereafter in Me alone." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya9.02°MeṣaAśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra152.32°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala7.70°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha349.84°MīnaRevatī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati51.38°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra15.37°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शनि Śani194.33°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:23 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:53 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:41 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:42 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 29 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 30 Mins 09 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:51 – 05:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:26 – 06:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta14:03 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta17:41 – 18:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:53 – 18:22
Amṛta Kāla17:38 – 19:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:31

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:01 – 16:27
Yamaganda09:16 – 10:42
Gulika Kāla12:08 – 13:35
Varjyam06:52 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:23 – 07:50 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:50 – 09:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:16 – 10:42 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:42 – 12:08 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:08 – 13:35 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:35 – 15:01 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:01 – 16:27 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:27 – 17:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:53 – 19:27 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:27 – 21:01 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:01 – 22:35 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:35 – 00:08 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:08 – 01:42 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:42 – 03:16 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:16 – 04:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:50 – 06:23 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867940.27
Julian Day2456405.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0389°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)143.43°
🪷 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 (24.0389°), declination 12.53°, EoT 1.60 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: 2013-04-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)