पञ्चाङ्ग — Port Louis, Mauritius · January 12, 2020 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 3.9 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः।

तदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसंगः समाचर।।3.9।।
"3.9 In this world people are fettered by action, unless it is performed as a sacrifice. Therefore, O Arjuna, let thy acts be done without attachment, as sacrifice only." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya267.14°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra103.49°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala221.43°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha267.78°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati255.09°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra303.47°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani268.52°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:41 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:56 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:49 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:58 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 15 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 44 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:55 – 04:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:34 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:31 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta18:44 – 19:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:56 – 19:29
Amṛta Kāla18:41 – 20:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:45

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:16 – 18:56
Yamaganda12:18 – 13:58
Gulika Kāla15:37 – 17:16
Varjyam06:14 – 06:35
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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):
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 Udveg05:41 – 07:20 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:20 – 08:59 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:59 – 10:39 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:39 – 12:18 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:18 – 13:58 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:58 – 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 – 22:58 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:58 – 00:18 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:18 – 01:39 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:39 – 02:59 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:59 – 04:20 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:20 – 05:41 (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 Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870395.27
Julian Day2458860.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1328°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)194.53°
🪷 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 (24.1328°), declination -21.75°, EoT -8.27 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: 2020-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)