पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · January 7, 2014 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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Also observed today
- धनु सङ्क्रान्ति · Dhanu SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.35 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन।
अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते।।1.35।।
अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते।।1.35।।
"1.35 I would not kill them, even for three worlds; why then for this poor earth? It matters not if I myself am killed." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Śukla Saptamī (7/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1 |
| योग (Yoga) | Varīyān |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Gara |
| वार (Vāra) | Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 262.60° | Dhanu | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 338.88° | Mīna | Uttara Bhādrapadā P2 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 169.98° | Kanyā | Hasta P3 |
| बुध Budha | 267.74° | Dhanu | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P1 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 80.61° | Mithuna | Punarvasu P1 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 269.57° | Dhanu | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P1 |
| शनि Śani | 206.57° | Tulā | Viśākhā P2 |
☀️ Durban, South Africa — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC+2)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 05:03 UTC+2 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 19:01 UTC+2 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 12:02 UTC+2 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 11:07 UTC+2 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 23:07 UTC+2 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 13 Hours 58 Mins 04 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 10 Hours 01 Mins 56 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 03:11 – 04:07 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 03:53 – 05:03 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:34 – 12:30 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 14:22 – 15:18 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 18:49 – 19:13 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 19:01 – 19:36 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 18:46 – 20:31 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:34 – 00:30 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 15:32 – 17:16 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 08:33 – 10:17 |
| Gulika Kāla | 12:02 – 13:47 |
| Varjyam | 05:38 – 06:00 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:19 – 08:47 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Roga | 05:03 – 06:48 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Udveg | 06:48 – 08:33 (inauspicious) |
| Day-3 Chala | 08:33 – 10:17 (neutral) |
| Day-4 Labha | 10:17 – 12:02 (auspicious) |
| Day-5 Amṛta | 12:02 – 13:47 (auspicious) |
| Day-6 Kāla | 13:47 – 15:32 (inauspicious) |
| Day-7 Śubha | 15:32 – 17:16 (auspicious) |
| Day-8 Roga | 17:16 – 19:01 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Kāla | 19:01 – 20:16 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Śubha | 20:16 – 21:32 (auspicious) |
| Night-3 Roga | 21:32 – 22:47 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Udveg | 22:47 – 00:02 (inauspicious) |
| Night-5 Chala | 00:02 – 01:17 (neutral) |
| Night-6 Labha | 01:17 – 02:33 (auspicious) |
| Night-7 Amṛta | 02:33 – 03:48 (auspicious) |
| Night-8 Kāla | 03:48 – 05:03 (inauspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: -29.8587°
Longitude: 31.0218°
Timezone: UTC+2
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).
🌌 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 Year | 5115 · Kali-5115 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1868199.27 · 5115.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2456664.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 24.0488° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 72.85° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 7/30) |
🪷 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 (24.0488°) · declination -22.40° · EoT -6.29 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:2014-01-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)