पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · June 28, 2014 CE

Also observed today

मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति · Mithuna SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 5.3 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga

ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति।

निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते।।5.3।।

"5.3 He is a true ascetic who never desires or dislikes, who is uninfluenced by the opposites and is easily freed from bondage." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 5.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga

Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1421

Malayalam Era: 1190

Nanakshahi: 545

Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)

Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	72.24°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P2
चन्द्र Candra	80.08°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	172.92°	Kanyā	Hasta P4
बुध Budha	60.40°	Mithuna	Mr̥gaśirā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	91.21°	Karka	Punarvasu P4
शुक्र Śukra	41.11°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P1
शनि Śani	202.77°	Tulā	Viśākhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:52 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:06 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:59 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	07:23 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)	17:38 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 14 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 45 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:30 – 06:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:01 – 06:52
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:38 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:41 – 14:22
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:54 – 17:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:06 – 17:31
Amṛta Kāla	16:51 – 18:36
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:38 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	09:25 – 10:42
Yamaganda	13:16 – 14:32
Gulika Kāla	06:52 – 08:08
Varjyam	07:17 – 07:34
Dur Muhūrta	09:15 – 09:35

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	06:52 – 08:08 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	08:08 – 09:25 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	09:25 – 10:42 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	10:42 – 11:59 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	11:59 – 13:16 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	13:16 – 14:32 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	14:32 – 15:49 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	15:49 – 17:06 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	17:06 – 18:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	18:49 – 20:32 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	20:32 – 22:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	22:16 – 23:59 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	23:59 – 01:42 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	01:42 – 03:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	03:25 – 05:08 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	05:08 – 06:52 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -29.8587°

Longitude: 31.0218°

Timezone: UTC+2

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pratipada + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1868371.27
Julian Day	2456836.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0554°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	9.96°

🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0554°), declination 23.29°, EoT -2.89 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2014-06-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)