पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · January 14, 2006 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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Also observed today
- पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional
- पौष पूर्णिमा · Pauṣa Pūrṇimā (Śākambharī Devī Jayantī)Pan-Hindu
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.2 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच
काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः।
सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः।।18.2।।
काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः।
सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः।।18.2।।
"18.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: The sages say that renunciation means forgoing an action which springs from desire; and relinquishing means the surrender of its fruit." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Punarvasu Pada 3 |
| योग (Yoga) | Vaidhṛti |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Bava |
| वार (Vāra) | Śanivāra (Saturday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 269.78° | Dhanu | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P1 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 85.64° | Mithuna | Punarvasu P2 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 20.94° | Meṣa | Bharaṇī P3 |
| बुध Budha | 261.72° | Dhanu | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 201.92° | Tulā | Viśākhā P1 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 269.49° | Dhanu | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P1 |
| शनि Śani | 104.90° | Karka | Puṣya P4 |
☀️ Durban, South Africa — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC+2)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 05:09 UTC+2 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 19:01 UTC+2 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 12:05 UTC+2 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 18:39 UTC+2 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 04:58 UTC+2 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 13 Hours 52 Mins 15 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 10 Hours 07 Mins 45 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 03:18 – 04:13 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 03:59 – 05:09 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:37 – 12:33 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 14:24 – 15:19 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 18:49 – 19:13 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 19:01 – 19:36 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 18:46 – 20:31 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:37 – 00:33 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 08:37 – 10:21 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 13:49 – 15:33 |
| Gulika Kāla | 05:09 – 06:53 |
| Varjyam | 05:43 – 06:06 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:23 – 08:51 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Kāla | 05:09 – 06:53 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Śubha | 06:53 – 08:37 (auspicious) |
| Day-3 Roga | 08:37 – 10:21 (inauspicious) |
| Day-4 Udveg | 10:21 – 12:05 (inauspicious) |
| Day-5 Chala | 12:05 – 13:49 (neutral) |
| Day-6 Labha | 13:49 – 15:33 (auspicious) |
| Day-7 Amṛta | 15:33 – 17:17 (auspicious) |
| Day-8 Kāla | 17:17 – 19:01 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Labha | 19:01 – 20:17 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Amṛta | 20:17 – 21:33 (auspicious) |
| Night-3 Kāla | 21:33 – 22:49 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Śubha | 22:49 – 00:05 (auspicious) |
| Night-5 Roga | 00:05 – 01:21 (inauspicious) |
| Night-6 Udveg | 01:21 – 02:37 (inauspicious) |
| Night-7 Chala | 02:37 – 03:53 (neutral) |
| Night-8 Labha | 03:53 – 05:09 (auspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: -29.8587°
Longitude: 31.0218°
Timezone: UTC+2
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)
-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
🌌 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 Year | 5107 · Kali-5107 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1865284.27 · 5107.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2453749.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.9373° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 177.07° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 15/30) |
🪷 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 (23.9373°) · declination -21.35° · EoT -9.00 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:2006-01-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)