पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · December 24, 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: पौष पुत्रदा एकादशी — Pauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
Ekādaśī granting putra-prāpti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.19 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च।

अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन।।9.19।।
"9.19 I am the Heat of the Sun, I release and hold back the Rains. I am Death and Immortality; I am Being and Not-Being." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.59°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra21.11°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala274.28°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha234.25°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati44.17°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra225.61°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani194.58°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:54 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:58 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:22 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:10 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 03 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 56 Mins 12 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:02 – 03:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:44 – 04:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta18:46 – 19:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:58 – 19:33
Amṛta Kāla18:43 – 20:28
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:40 – 08:25
Yamaganda10:10 – 11:56
Gulika Kāla13:41 – 15:27
Varjyam05:29 – 05:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:11 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:54 – 06:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:40 – 08:25 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:25 – 10:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:10 – 11:56 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:56 – 13:41 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:41 – 15:27 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:27 – 17:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:12 – 18:58 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:58 – 20:12 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:12 – 21:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:27 – 22:41 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:41 – 23:56 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:56 – 01:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:10 – 02:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:25 – 03:40 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:40 – 04:54 (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 Year5114 · Kali-5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867820.27 · 5113.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456285.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0343° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)130.38° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (24.0343°) · declination -23.41° · EoT -0.03 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:2012-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)