पञ्चाङ्ग — Port Louis, Mauritius · January 21, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।
"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya276.54°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra264.65°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala44.08°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha253.94°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati339.94°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra297.97°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani300.48°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:47 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:56 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:57 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:11 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 09 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 50 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:02 – 04:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:41 – 05:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:44 – 19:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:56 – 19:29
Amṛta Kāla18:41 – 20:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:48

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:04 – 10:43
Yamaganda14:00 – 15:39
Gulika Kāla05:47 – 07:25
Varjyam06:20 – 06:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:17

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:47 – 07:25 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:25 – 09:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:04 – 10:43 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:43 – 12:21 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:21 – 14:00 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:00 – 15:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:39 – 17:17 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:17 – 18:56 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:56 – 20:17 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:17 – 21:39 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:39 – 23:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:00 – 00:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:21 – 01:43 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:43 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:04 – 04:25 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:25 – 05:47 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871500.27
Julian Day2459965.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1751°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)348.44°
🪷 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 (24.1751°), declination -19.99°, EoT -11.26 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: 2023-01-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)