पञ्चाङ्ग — Port Louis, Mauritius · April 23, 2018 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 4.38 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते।

तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति।।4.38।।
"4.38 There is nothing in the world so purifying as wisdom; and he who is a perfect saint finds that at last in his own Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya8.74°MeṣaAśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra100.52°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala265.25°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha342.80°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati206.05°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra33.64°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
शनि Śani254.89°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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)12:42 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:49 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 30 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 29 Mins 56 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 Kāla07:50 – 09:16
Yamaganda10:42 – 12:08
Gulika Kāla13:35 – 15:01
Varjyam06:52 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (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):
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 Amṛta06:23 – 07:50 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:50 – 09:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:16 – 10:42 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:42 – 12:08 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:08 – 13:35 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:35 – 15:01 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:01 – 16:27 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:27 – 17:53 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:53 – 19:27 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:27 – 21:01 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:01 – 22:35 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:35 – 00:08 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:08 – 01:42 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:42 – 03:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:16 – 04:50 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:50 – 06:23 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Puṣya alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869766.27
Julian Day2458231.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1087°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)90.93°
🪷 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 (24.1087°), declination 12.46°, 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: 2018-04-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)