पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · May 17, 1997 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.32 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
आत्मौपम्येन सर्वत्र समं पश्यति योऽर्जुन।

सुखं वा यदि वा दुःखं सः योगी परमो मतः।।6.32।।
"6.32 O Arjuna! He is the perfect saint who, taught by the likeness within himself, sees the same Self everywhere, whether the outer form be pleasurable or painful." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.32's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya32.37°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
चन्द्र Candra150.52°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala145.06°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha8.17°MeṣaAśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati297.26°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra44.02°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani352.02°MīnaRevatī P2

☀️ Durban, South Africa — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC+2)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:34 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:10 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:47 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:42 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 35 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 24 Mins 28 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:10 – 05:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:41 – 06:34
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:38 – 14:20
Godhūli Muhūrta16:58 – 17:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:10 – 17:36
Amṛta Kāla16:55 – 18:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:13

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:13 – 10:33
Yamaganda13:12 – 14:31
Gulika Kāla06:34 – 07:54
Varjyam07:01 – 07:18
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:24

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Kāla06:34 – 07:54 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:54 – 09:13 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:13 – 10:33 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:33 – 11:52 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:52 – 13:12 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:12 – 14:31 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:31 – 15:51 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:51 – 17:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:10 – 18:51 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:51 – 20:31 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:31 – 22:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:12 – 23:52 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:52 – 01:33 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:33 – 03:13 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:13 – 04:54 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:54 – 06:34 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: -29.8587°
Longitude: 31.0218°
Timezone: UTC+2

🚶 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 — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862120.27 · 5098.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450585.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8163° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)117.49° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.8163°) · declination 19.30° · EoT 3.72 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1997-05-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)