पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · April 22, 2000 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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🪷 आज: सङ्कष्टी चतुर्थी — Saṅkaṣṭī Caturthī
Monthly Gaṇeśa vrata.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.12 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम्।भवत्यत्यागिनां प्रेत्य न तु संन्यासिनां क्वचित्।।18.12।।
"18.12 For those who cannot renounce all desire, the fruit of action hereafter is threefold - good, evil, and partly good and partly evil. But for him who has renounced, there is none." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2057 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1922 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1407
Malayalam Era: 1176
Nanakshahi: 531
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya8.37°MeṣaAśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra226.35°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala27.82°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
बुध Budha350.79°MīnaRevatī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati20.17°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra355.01°MīnaRevatī P3
शनि Śani24.14°MeṣaBharaṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:19 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:30 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:30 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:23 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 10 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 49 Mins 20 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:50 – 05:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:23 – 06:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:32 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta17:18 – 17:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:30 – 17:58
Amṛta Kāla17:15 – 19:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:32 – 00:17

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:07 – 10:31
Yamaganda13:18 – 14:42
Gulika Kāla06:19 – 07:43
Varjyam06:47 – 07:05
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:18

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:19 – 07:43 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:43 – 09:07 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:07 – 10:31 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:31 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:55 – 13:18 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:18 – 14:42 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:42 – 16:06 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:06 – 17:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:30 – 19:06 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:06 – 20:42 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:42 – 22:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:18 – 23:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:55 – 01:31 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:31 – 03:07 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:07 – 04:43 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:43 – 06:19 (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-Historical Resonance

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

🌌 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 Year5102 · Kali-5102
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863191.27 · 5101.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451656.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8573° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)220.53° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.8573°) · declination 12.24° · EoT 1.40 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:2000-04-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)