पञ्चाङ्ग — Port Louis, Mauritius · January 31, 2018 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 2.71 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
विहाय कामान्यः सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति निःस्पृहः।

निर्ममो निरहंकारः स शांतिमधिगच्छति।।2.71।।
"2.71 He attains Peace who, giving up desire, moves through the world without aspiration, possessing nothing which he can call his own, and free from pride." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.71's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya287.00°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra99.72°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala218.36°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha274.87°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati206.83°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra291.96°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani250.48°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:53 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:54 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:21 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:28 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 00 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 59 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:09 – 05:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:48 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta18:42 – 19:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:54 – 19:26
Amṛta Kāla18:39 – 20:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:50

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:24 – 14:01
Yamaganda07:31 – 09:08
Gulika Kāla10:46 – 12:24
Varjyam06:26 – 06:47
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
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 · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:53 – 07:31 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:31 – 09:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:08 – 10:46 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:46 – 12:24 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:24 – 14:01 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:01 – 15:39 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:39 – 17:16 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:16 – 18:54 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:54 – 20:16 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:16 – 21:39 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:39 – 23:01 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:01 – 00:24 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:24 – 01:46 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:46 – 03:08 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:08 – 04:31 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:31 – 05:53 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Puṣya alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869684.27
Julian Day2458149.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1056°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)173.72°
🪷 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 (24.1056°), declination -17.44°, EoT -13.53 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: 2018-01-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)