पञ्चाङ्ग — Port Louis, Mauritius · December 19, 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 12.1 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाचएवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते।येचाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः।।12.1।।
"12.1 "Arjuna asked: My Lord! Which are the better devotees who worship Thee, those who try to know Thee as a Personal God, or those who worship Thee as Impersonal and Indestructible?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla 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)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya243.45°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra299.64°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala357.78°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha242.53°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati275.75°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra219.77°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शनि Śani276.05°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:27 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:48 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:29 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:15 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 21 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 38 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:40 – 04:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:20 – 05:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta18:36 – 19:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:48 – 19:22
Amṛta Kāla18:33 – 20:18
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:47 – 10:28
Yamaganda13:48 – 15:28
Gulika Kāla05:27 – 07:07
Varjyam06:01 – 06:22
Dur Muhūrta 08:34 – 09:01

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:27 – 07:07 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:07 – 08:47 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:47 – 10:28 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:28 – 12:08 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:08 – 13:48 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:48 – 15:28 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:28 – 17:08 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:08 – 18:48 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:48 – 20:08 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:08 – 21:28 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:28 – 22:48 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:48 – 00:08 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:08 – 01:28 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:28 – 02:47 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:47 – 04:07 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:07 – 05:27 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870737.27
Julian Day2459202.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1459°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)55.69°
🪷 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 (24.1459°), declination -23.41°, EoT 2.32 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: 2020-12-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)