पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · April 13, 2011 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: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.23 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं

महाबाहो बहुबाहूरुपादम्।

बहूदरं बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं

दृष्ट्वा लोकाः प्रव्यथितास्तथाऽहम्।।11.23।।
"11.23 Seeing Thy stupendous Form, O Most Mighty, with its myriad faces, its innumerable eyes and limbs and terrible jaws, I myself and all the worlds are overwhelmed with awe." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya358.77°MīnaRevatī P4
चन्द्र Candra108.32°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala344.23°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha353.14°MīnaRevatī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati354.00°MīnaRevatī P3
शुक्र Śukra326.03°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani168.94°KanyāHasta P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:13 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:40 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:53 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:37 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 26 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 33 Mins 15 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:42 – 05:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:16 – 06:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:34 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:51 – 14:37
Godhūli Muhūrta17:28 – 17:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:40 – 18:09
Amṛta Kāla17:25 – 19:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:20

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:57 – 13:23
Yamaganda07:39 – 09:05
Gulika Kāla10:31 – 11:57
Varjyam06:42 – 07:00
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:16

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik 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 · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:13 – 07:39 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:39 – 09:05 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:05 – 10:31 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:31 – 11:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:57 – 13:23 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:23 – 14:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:48 – 16:14 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:14 – 17:40 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:40 – 19:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:14 – 20:48 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:48 – 22:23 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:23 – 23:57 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:57 – 01:31 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:31 – 03:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:05 – 04:39 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:39 – 06:13 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5112 · Kali-5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867199.27 · 5112.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455664.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0106° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)112.90° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (24.0106°) · declination 8.86° · EoT -0.77 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:2011-04-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)