पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · July 18, 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
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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.69 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न च तस्मान्मनुष्येषु कश्िचन्मे प्रियकृत्तमः।भविता न च मे तस्मादन्यः प्रियतरो भुवि।।18.69।।
"18.69 Nor is there among men any who can perform a service dearer to Me than this, or any man on earth more beloved by Me than he." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.69's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya91.41°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra19.97°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala74.06°MithunaĀrdrā P3
बुध Budha118.16°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati334.22°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra64.27°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani9.05°MeṣaAśvinī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:49 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:15 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:51 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:41 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 26 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 33 Mins 53 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:25 – 06:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:57 – 06:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:28
Godhūli Muhūrta17:03 – 17:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:15 – 17:41
Amṛta Kāla17:00 – 18:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:25 – 10:44
Yamaganda13:20 – 14:38
Gulika Kāla06:49 – 08:07
Varjyam07:15 – 07:31
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:36

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 Kāla06:49 – 08:07 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:07 – 09:25 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:25 – 10:44 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:44 – 12:02 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:02 – 13:20 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:20 – 14:38 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:38 – 15:57 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:57 – 17:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:15 – 18:57 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:57 – 20:38 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:38 – 22:20 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:20 – 00:02 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:02 – 01:44 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:44 – 03:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:25 – 05:07 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:07 – 06:49 (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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862547.27 · 5099.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451012.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8326° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)289.09° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 25/30)
🪷 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 (23.8326°) · declination 21.09° · EoT -5.86 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:1998-07-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)