पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · January 11, 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
- एकादशी · EkādaśīVaishnava
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.39 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
कथं न ज्ञेयमस्माभिः पापादस्मान्निवर्तितुम्।
कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भिर्जनार्दन।।1.39।।
कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भिर्जनार्दन।।1.39।।
"1.39 Should not we, whose eyes are open, who consider it to be wrong to annihilate our house, turn away from so great a crime?" — 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 Ekādaśī (11/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Kṛttikā Pada 1 |
| योग (Yoga) | Śubha |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Vaṇija |
| वार (Vāra) | Śanivāra (Saturday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 266.67° | Dhanu | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P1 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 30.05° | Vṛṣabha | Kṛttikā P2 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 171.62° | Kanyā | Hasta P4 |
| बुध Budha | 274.38° | Makara | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P3 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 80.07° | Mithuna | Punarvasu P1 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 267.15° | Dhanu | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P1 |
| शनि Śani | 206.90° | Tulā | Viśākhā P3 |
☀️ Durban, South Africa — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC+2)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 05:06 UTC+2 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 19:01 UTC+2 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 12:04 UTC+2 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 14:59 UTC+2 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 01:35 UTC+2 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 13 Hours 54 Mins 56 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 10 Hours 05 Mins 04 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 03:15 – 04:11 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 03:57 – 05:06 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:36 – 12:32 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 14:23 – 15:19 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 18:49 – 19:13 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 19:01 – 19:36 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 18:46 – 20:31 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:36 – 00:32 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 08:35 – 10:19 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 13:48 – 15:33 |
| Gulika Kāla | 05:06 – 06:51 |
| Varjyam | 05:41 – 06:03 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:21 – 08:49 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala
Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Kāla | 05:06 – 06:51 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Śubha | 06:51 – 08:35 (auspicious) |
| Day-3 Roga | 08:35 – 10:19 (inauspicious) |
| Day-4 Udveg | 10:19 – 12:04 (inauspicious) |
| Day-5 Chala | 12:04 – 13:48 (neutral) |
| Day-6 Labha | 13:48 – 15:33 (auspicious) |
| Day-7 Amṛta | 15:33 – 17:17 (auspicious) |
| Day-8 Kāla | 17:17 – 19:01 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Labha | 19:01 – 20:17 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Amṛta | 20:17 – 21:33 (auspicious) |
| Night-3 Kāla | 21:33 – 22:48 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Śubha | 22:48 – 00:04 (auspicious) |
| Night-5 Roga | 00:04 – 01:19 (inauspicious) |
| Night-6 Udveg | 01:19 – 02:35 (inauspicious) |
| Night-7 Chala | 02:35 – 03:51 (neutral) |
| Night-8 Labha | 03:51 – 05:06 (auspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: -29.8587°
Longitude: 31.0218°
Timezone: UTC+2
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Śukla Ekādaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)
🌌 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) | 1868203.27 · 5115.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2456668.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 24.0490° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 120.99° · 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 (24.0490°) · declination -21.84° · EoT -7.89 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:2014-01-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)