पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · March 28, 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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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.11 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः।सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं ततः कुरु यतात्मवान्।।12.11।।

"12.11 And if thou art too weak even for this, then seek refuge in union with Me, and with perfect self-control renounce the fruit of thy action." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka

Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha

Bengali Saṁvat: 1422

Malayalam Era: 1191

Nanakshahi: 546

Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	342.98°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra	81.30°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	2.97°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
बुध Budha	330.10°	Mīna	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	107.96°	Karka	Aśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra	18.49°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P2
शनि Śani	220.48°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:04 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:59 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:02 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	13:27 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)	23:43 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 54 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 05 Mins 10 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:29 – 05:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:05 – 06:04
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:38 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:01 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:47 – 18:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:59 – 18:29
Amṛta Kāla	17:44 – 19:29
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:38 – 00:25

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	09:03 – 10:32
Yamaganda	13:31 – 15:00
Gulika Kāla	06:04 – 07:33
Varjyam	06:34 – 06:53
Dur Muhūrta	08:51 – 09:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)

Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (tropical)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	06:04 – 07:33 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	07:33 – 09:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	09:03 – 10:32 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	10:32 – 12:02 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	12:02 – 13:31 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	13:31 – 15:00 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	15:00 – 16:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	16:30 – 17:59 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	17:59 – 19:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	19:30 – 21:00 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	21:00 – 22:31 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	22:31 – 00:02 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	00:02 – 01:32 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	01:32 – 03:03 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	03:03 – 04:33 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	04:33 – 06:04 (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 Aṣṭamī + Ārdrā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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	5116 · Kali-5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1868644.27 · 5116.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day	2457109.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)	24.0658° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	95.44° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)

🪷 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 (24.0658°) · declination 2.80° · EoT -5.62 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:2015-03-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)