पञ्चाङ्ग — Port Louis, Mauritius · January 4, 2021 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 12.17 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्ितमान्यः स मे प्रियः।।12.17।।
"12.17 He who is beyond joy and hate, who neither laments nor desires, to whom good and evil fortunes are the same, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya259.75°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra139.38°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala4.27°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha268.31°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati279.33°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra239.80°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani277.83°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:36 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:54 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:21 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:06 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 18 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 41 Mins 29 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:49 – 04:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:29 – 05:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta18:42 – 19:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:54 – 19:28
Amṛta Kāla18:39 – 20:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:16 – 08:55
Yamaganda10:35 – 12:15
Gulika Kāla13:55 – 15:35
Varjyam06:09 – 06:30
Dur Muhūrta 08:42 – 09:09

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:36 – 07:16 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:16 – 08:55 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:55 – 10:35 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:35 – 12:15 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:15 – 13:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:55 – 15:35 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:35 – 17:14 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:14 – 18:54 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:54 – 20:14 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:14 – 21:35 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:35 – 22:55 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:55 – 00:15 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:15 – 01:35 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:35 – 02:55 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:55 – 04:16 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:16 – 05:36 (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 Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870753.27
Julian Day2459218.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1465°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)240.44°
🪷 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 (24.1465°), declination -22.71°, EoT -5.02 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: 2021-01-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)