पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · June 18, 2016 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: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.23 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात्।

कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः।।5.23।।
"5.23 He who, before he leaves his body, learns to surmount the promptings of desire and anger is a saint and is happy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya63.17°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
चन्द्र Candra215.58°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala209.80°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha43.04°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati140.77°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra65.98°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani227.77°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:50 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:03 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:15 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:58 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 13 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 46 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:28 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:59 – 06:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta13:39 – 14:20
Godhūli Muhūrta16:51 – 17:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:03 – 17:29
Amṛta Kāla16:48 – 18:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:17

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:23 – 10:40
Yamaganda13:13 – 14:30
Gulika Kāla06:50 – 08:07
Varjyam07:16 – 07:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:34

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:50 – 08:07 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:07 – 09:23 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:23 – 10:40 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:40 – 11:57 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:57 – 13:13 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:13 – 14:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:30 – 15:47 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:47 – 17:03 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:03 – 18:47 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:47 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:30 – 22:13 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:13 – 23:57 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:57 – 01:40 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:40 – 03:23 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:23 – 05:07 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:07 – 06:50 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869092.27 · 5117.4 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457557.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0830° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)151.52° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (24.0830°) · declination 23.41° · EoT -0.82 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:2016-06-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)