पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · August 7, 2013 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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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.12 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः।ईहन्ते कामभोगार्थमन्यायेनार्थसञ्चयान्।।16.12।।
"16.12 Caught in the toils of a hundred vain hopes, the slaves of passion and wrath, they accumulate hoards of unjust wealth, only to pander to their sensual desire." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya110.67°KarkaAśleṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra112.11°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala82.13°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha93.36°KarkaPuṣya P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati74.67°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra144.35°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani191.24°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:36 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:26 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:42 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:32 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 50 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 09 Mins 47 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:10 – 05:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:42 – 06:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:50 – 14:33
Godhūli Muhūrta17:14 – 17:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:26 – 17:54
Amṛta Kāla17:11 – 18:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:01 – 13:23
Yamaganda07:58 – 09:19
Gulika Kāla10:40 – 12:01
Varjyam07:03 – 07:21
Dur Muhūrta 09:08 – 09:30

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Labha06:36 – 07:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:58 – 09:19 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:19 – 10:40 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:40 – 12:01 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:01 – 13:23 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:23 – 14:44 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:44 – 16:05 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:05 – 17:26 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:26 – 19:05 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:05 – 20:44 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:44 – 22:23 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:23 – 00:01 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:01 – 01:40 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:40 – 03:19 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:19 – 04:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:58 – 06:36 (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 Year5115 · Kali-5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868046.27 · 5114.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456511.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0430° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)1.85° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (24.0430°) · declination 16.42° · EoT -5.48 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:2013-08-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)