पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · January 8, 1998 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
🪷 आज: पौष पुत्रदा एकादशी — Pauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
Ekādaśī granting putra-prāpti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.12 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
अध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वं तत्त्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम्।एतज्ज्ञानमिति प्रोक्तमज्ञानं यदतोन्यथा।।13.12।।
"13.12 Constant yearning for the knowledge of Self, and pondering over the lessons of the great Truth - this is Wisdom, all else ignorance." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.72°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra25.37°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala292.51°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha240.66°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati299.91°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra277.07°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani350.14°MīnaRevatī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:04 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:01 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:48 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:30 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 57 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 02 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:12 – 04:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:54 – 05:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:18
Godhūli Muhūrta18:49 – 19:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:01 – 19:36
Amṛta Kāla18:46 – 20:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:31

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:47 – 15:32
Yamaganda05:04 – 06:49
Gulika Kāla08:33 – 10:18
Varjyam05:39 – 06:01
Dur Muhūrta 08:19 – 08:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical 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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:04 – 06:49 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:49 – 08:33 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:33 – 10:18 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:18 – 12:03 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:03 – 13:47 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:47 – 15:32 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:32 – 17:17 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:17 – 19:01 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:01 – 20:17 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:17 – 21:32 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:32 – 22:47 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:47 – 00:03 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:03 – 01:18 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:18 – 02:33 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:33 – 03:49 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:49 – 05:04 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

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

🌌 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)1862356.27 · 5099.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450821.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8253° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)121.83° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (23.8253°) · declination -22.29° · EoT -6.70 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:1998-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)