पञ्चाङ्ग — Port Louis, Mauritius · December 24, 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 12.6 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
ये तु सर्वाणि कर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्पराः।अनन्येनैव योगेन मां ध्यायन्त उपासते।।12.6।।
"12.6 Verily, those who surrender their actions to Me, who muse on Me, worship Me and meditate on Me alone, with no thought save of Me," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.6'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 Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.54°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra1.03°MeṣaAśvinī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala359.65°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha250.49°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati276.85°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra226.02°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani276.59°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:30 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:51 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:52 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:28 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 21 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 38 Mins 59 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:43 – 04:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:23 – 05:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta18:39 – 19:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:51 – 19:24
Amṛta Kāla18:36 – 20:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:50 – 15:30
Yamaganda05:30 – 07:10
Gulika Kāla08:50 – 10:30
Varjyam06:03 – 06:24
Dur Muhūrta 08:36 – 09:03

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:30 – 07:10 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:10 – 08:50 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:50 – 10:30 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:30 – 12:10 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:10 – 13:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:50 – 15:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:30 – 17:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:10 – 18:51 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:51 – 20:10 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:10 – 21:30 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:30 – 22:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:50 – 00:10 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:10 – 01:30 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:30 – 02:50 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:50 – 04:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:10 – 05:30 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870742.27
Julian Day2459207.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1461°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)110.82°
🪷 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 (24.1461°), declination -23.41°, EoT -0.03 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: 2020-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)