पञ्चाङ्ग — Port Louis, Mauritius · January 5, 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 12.18 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः।।12.18।।
"12.18 He to whom friend and foe are alike, who welcomes equally honour and dishonour, heat and cold, pleasure and pain, who is enamoured of nothing," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.18'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 Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya260.77°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra153.17°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala4.72°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha269.95°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati279.56°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra241.05°DhanuMūla P1
शनि Śani277.94°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:36 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:55 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:04 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:06 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 18 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 41 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:50 – 04:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:30 – 05:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:22
Godhūli Muhūrta18:43 – 19:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:55 – 19:28
Amṛta Kāla18:40 – 20:25
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:35 – 17:15
Yamaganda08:56 – 10:36
Gulika Kāla12:15 – 13:55
Varjyam06:10 – 06:31
Dur Muhūrta 08:43 – 09:09

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:36 – 07:16 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:16 – 08:56 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:56 – 10:36 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:36 – 12:15 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:15 – 13:55 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:55 – 15:35 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:35 – 17:15 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:15 – 18:55 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:55 – 20:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:15 – 21:35 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:35 – 22:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:55 – 00:15 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:15 – 01:36 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:36 – 02:56 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:56 – 04:16 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:16 – 05:36 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870754.27
Julian Day2459219.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1465°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)253.37°
🪷 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 -22.60°, EoT -5.45 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: 2021-01-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)