पञ्चाङ्ग — Port Louis, Mauritius · December 27, 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 11.5 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga🪷 Paśya Me Pārtha Rūpāṇi · Behold My Forms
श्री भगवानुवाच

पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः।

नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च।।11.5।।
"11.5 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Behold, O Arjuna! My celestial forms, by hundred and thousands, various in kind, in colour and in shape." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.5'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 Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya251.62°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra226.75°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala311.44°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
बुध Budha255.50°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati175.99°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra297.73°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani236.52°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:31 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:52 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:55 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:09 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 20 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 39 Mins 20 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:44 – 04:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:24 – 05:31
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:18
Godhūli Muhūrta18:40 – 19:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:52 – 19:25
Amṛta Kāla18:37 – 20:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:38

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:32 – 17:12
Yamaganda08:51 – 10:31
Gulika Kāla12:11 – 13:52
Varjyam06:04 – 06:26
Dur Muhūrta 08:38 – 09:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
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):
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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:31 – 07:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:11 – 08:51 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:51 – 10:31 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:31 – 12:11 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:11 – 13:52 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:52 – 15:32 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:32 – 17:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:12 – 18:52 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:52 – 20:12 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:12 – 21:32 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:32 – 22:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:52 – 00:11 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:11 – 01:31 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:31 – 02:51 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:51 – 04:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:11 – 05:31 (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 Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869284.27
Julian Day2457749.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0903°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)333.96°
🪷 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 (24.0903°), declination -23.31°, EoT -1.42 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: 2016-12-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)