पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · March 8, 2004 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 18.26 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
मुक्तसङ्गोऽनहंवादी धृत्युत्साहसमन्वितः।सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योर्निर्विकारः कर्ता सात्त्विक उच्यते।।18.26।।
"18.26 But when a man has no sentiment and no personal vanity, when he possesses courage and confidence, cares not whether he succeeds or fails, then his action arises from Purity." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya323.90°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra157.43°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala27.48°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
बुध Budha327.41°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati139.64°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra8.59°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शनि Śani72.24°MithunaĀrdrā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:52 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:22 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:58 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:05 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 29 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 30 Mins 05 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:13 – 05:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:50 – 05:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 15:02
Godhūli Muhūrta18:10 – 18:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:22 – 18:54
Amṛta Kāla18:07 – 19:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:32

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:26 – 09:00
Yamaganda10:34 – 12:07
Gulika Kāla13:41 – 15:15
Varjyam06:24 – 06:44
Dur Muhūrta 08:47 – 09:12

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
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 Amṛta05:52 – 07:26 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:26 – 09:00 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:00 – 10:34 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:34 – 12:07 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:07 – 13:41 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:41 – 15:15 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:15 – 16:49 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:49 – 18:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:22 – 19:49 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:49 – 21:15 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:15 – 22:41 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:41 – 00:07 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:07 – 01:34 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:34 – 03:00 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:00 – 04:26 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:26 – 05:52 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5105 · Kali-5105
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864607.27 · 5105.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453072.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9114° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)192.24° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (23.9114°) · declination -4.82° · EoT -11.53 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:2004-03-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)