पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · February 8, 2015 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: सङ्कष्टी चतुर्थी — Saṅkaṣṭī Caturthī
Monthly Gaṇeśa vrata.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.18 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
त्वमक्षरं परमं वेदितव्यं

त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम्।

त्वमव्ययः शाश्वतधर्मगोप्ता

सनातनस्त्वं पुरुषो मतो मे।।11.18।।
"11.18 Imperishable art Thou, the Sole One worthy to be known, the priceless Treasure-house of the universe, the immortal Guardian of the Life Eternal, the Spirit Everlasting." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya294.88°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra159.02°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala326.43°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha277.80°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati112.61°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra319.91°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शनि Śani219.63°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:31 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:50 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:01 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:12 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 19 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 40 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:44 – 04:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:24 – 05:31
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta18:38 – 19:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:50 – 19:23
Amṛta Kāla18:35 – 20:20
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:37

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:10 – 18:50
Yamaganda12:10 – 13:50
Gulika Kāla15:30 – 17:10
Varjyam06:04 – 06:25
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 09:04

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:31 – 07:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:11 – 08:50 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:50 – 10:30 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:30 – 12:10 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:10 – 13:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:50 – 15:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:30 – 17:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:10 – 18:50 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:50 – 20:10 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:10 – 21:30 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:30 – 22:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:50 – 00:10 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:10 – 01:30 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:30 – 02:50 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:50 – 04:11 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:11 – 05:31 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: -29.8587°
Longitude: 31.0218°
Timezone: UTC+2

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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 Year5116 · Kali-5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868596.27 · 5116.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457061.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0640° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)227.70° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (24.0640°) · declination -15.14° · EoT -14.45 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:2015-02-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)