पञ्चाङ्ग — Port Louis, Mauritius · September 29, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.20 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः।

यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति।।8.20।।
"8.20 In truth, therefore, there is the Eternal Unmanifest, which is beyond and above the Unmanifest Spirit of Creation, which is never destroyed when all these being perish." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya162.25°KanyāHasta P1
चन्द्र Candra140.17°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala246.87°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha144.24°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati159.56°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra192.30°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani227.20°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:52 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:07 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:38 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:25 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 14 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 45 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:14 – 05:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:51 – 05:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:51
Godhūli Muhūrta17:55 – 18:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:07 – 18:37
Amṛta Kāla17:52 – 19:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:31 – 15:03
Yamaganda05:52 – 07:24
Gulika Kāla08:56 – 10:28
Varjyam06:23 – 06:42
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:52 – 07:24 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:24 – 08:56 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:56 – 10:28 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:28 – 11:59 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:59 – 13:31 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:31 – 15:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:03 – 16:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:35 – 18:07 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:07 – 19:35 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:35 – 21:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:03 – 22:31 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:31 – 23:59 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:59 – 01:28 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:28 – 02:56 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:56 – 04:24 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:24 – 05:52 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869195.27
Julian Day2457660.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0869°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)338.04°
🪷 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 (24.0869°), declination -2.51°, EoT 10.52 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: 2016-09-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)