पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · December 8, 2007 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: मासिक शिवरात्रि — Māsika Śivarātri
Monthly Śiva observance.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.22 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अदेशकाले यद्दानमपात्रेभ्यश्च दीयते।असत्कृतमवज्ञातं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।17.22।।
"17.22 And that which is given at an unsuitable place or time or to one who is unworthy, or with disrespect or contempt - such a gift is the result of Ignorance." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2064 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1929 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1414
Malayalam Era: 1183
Nanakshahi: 538
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya231.58°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra213.04°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala74.73°MithunaĀrdrā P3
बुध Budha226.10°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati244.27°DhanuMūla P2
शुक्र Śukra188.82°TulāSvātī P1
शनि Śani134.30°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:49 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:48 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:45 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:24 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 59 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 00 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:57 – 03:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:39 – 04:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta14:09 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta18:36 – 19:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:48 – 19:23
Amṛta Kāla18:33 – 20:18
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:17

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:19 – 10:04
Yamaganda13:34 – 15:18
Gulika Kāla04:49 – 06:34
Varjyam05:24 – 05:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:05 – 08:33

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:49 – 06:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:34 – 08:19 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:19 – 10:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:04 – 11:49 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:49 – 13:34 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:34 – 15:18 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:18 – 17:03 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:03 – 18:48 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:48 – 20:03 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:03 – 21:18 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:18 – 22:34 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:34 – 23:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:49 – 01:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:04 – 02:19 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:19 – 03:34 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:34 – 04:49 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

🌌 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 Year5109 · Kali-5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865977.27 · 5108.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454442.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9638° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)340.69° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.9638°) · declination -22.65° · EoT 7.30 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:2007-12-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)