पञ्चाङ्ग — Port Louis, Mauritius · January 10, 2016 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 2.20 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि

न्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः।

अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो

न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे।।2.20।।
"2.20 It was not born; It will never die, nor once having been, can It cease to be. Unborn, Eternal, Ever-enduring, yet Most Ancient, the Spirit dies not when the body is dead." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya265.13°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra264.91°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala189.21°TulāSvātī P1
बुध Budha274.81°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.43°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra228.76°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani227.80°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:39 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:56 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:40 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:54 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 16 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 43 Mins 47 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:53 – 04:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:33 – 05:39
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:44 – 19:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:56 – 19:29
Amṛta Kāla18:41 – 20:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:16 – 18:56
Yamaganda12:17 – 13:57
Gulika Kāla15:37 – 17:16
Varjyam06:13 – 06:34
Dur Muhūrta 08:45 – 09:12

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:39 – 07:19 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:19 – 08:58 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:58 – 10:38 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:38 – 12:17 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:17 – 13:57 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:57 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:37 – 17:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:16 – 18:56 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:56 – 20:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:16 – 21:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:37 – 22:57 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:57 – 00:17 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:17 – 01:38 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:38 – 02:58 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:58 – 04:19 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:19 – 05:39 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868932.27
Julian Day2457397.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0768°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)358.44°
🪷 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 (24.0768°), declination -22.06°, EoT -7.50 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: 2016-01-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)