पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · November 3, 2012 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: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.26 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
वेदाहं समतीतानि वर्तमानानि चार्जुन।

भविष्याणि च भूतानि मां तु वेद न कश्चन।।7.26।।
"7.26 I know, O Arjuna, all beings in the past, the present and the future; but they do not know Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya196.99°TulāSvātī P4
चन्द्र Candra62.64°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala235.32°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha219.34°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati50.55°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra162.48°KanyāHasta P1
शनि Śani189.08°TulāSvātī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:00 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:19 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:40 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:37 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:48 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 19 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 40 Mins 29 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:13 – 04:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:53 – 05:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta18:07 – 18:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:19 – 18:53
Amṛta Kāla18:04 – 19:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 00:06

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:20 – 10:00
Yamaganda13:19 – 14:59
Gulika Kāla05:00 – 06:40
Varjyam05:33 – 05:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:06 – 08:33

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:00 – 06:40 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:40 – 08:20 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:20 – 10:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:00 – 11:40 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:40 – 13:19 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:19 – 14:59 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:59 – 16:39 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:39 – 18:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:19 – 19:39 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:39 – 20:59 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:59 – 22:19 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:19 – 23:40 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:40 – 01:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:00 – 02:20 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:20 – 03:40 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:40 – 05:00 (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 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 Year5114 · Kali-5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867769.27 · 5113.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456234.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0324° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)229.60° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (24.0324°) · declination -15.13° · EoT 16.38 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:2012-11-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)