पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · November 22, 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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Also observed today
- वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति · Vṛścika SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.12 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच
परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान्।
पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम्।।10.12।।
परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान्।
पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम्।।10.12।।
"10.12 Arjuna asked: Thou art the Supreme Spirit, the Eternal Home, the Holiest of the Holy, the Eternal Divine Self, the Primal God, the Unborn and the Omnipresent." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Maghā Pada 4 |
| योग (Yoga) | Indra |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Kaulava |
| वार (Vāra) | Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 216.08° | Vṛścika | Anurādhā P1 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 134.04° | Siṃha | Pūrva Phalgunī P1 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 285.15° | Makara | Śravaṇa P2 |
| बुध Budha | 230.01° | Vṛścika | Jyeṣṭhā P2 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 170.63° | Kanyā | Hasta P4 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 257.42° | Dhanu | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P2 |
| शनि Śani | 232.42° | Vṛścika | Jyeṣṭhā P2 |
☀️ Durban, South Africa — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC+2)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 04:50 UTC+2 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 18:36 UTC+2 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:43 UTC+2 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 00:32 UTC+2 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 11:58 UTC+2 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 13 Hours 45 Mins 51 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 10 Hours 14 Mins 09 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 03:00 – 03:55 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 03:41 – 04:50 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:15 – 12:10 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 14:00 – 14:55 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 18:24 – 18:48 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 18:36 – 19:10 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 18:21 – 20:06 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:15 – 00:10 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 15:09 – 16:52 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 08:16 – 10:00 |
| Gulika Kāla | 11:43 – 13:26 |
| Varjyam | 05:24 – 05:46 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:03 – 08:30 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala
Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Roga | 04:50 – 06:33 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Udveg | 06:33 – 08:16 (inauspicious) |
| Day-3 Chala | 08:16 – 10:00 (neutral) |
| Day-4 Labha | 10:00 – 11:43 (auspicious) |
| Day-5 Amṛta | 11:43 – 13:26 (auspicious) |
| Day-6 Kāla | 13:26 – 15:09 (inauspicious) |
| Day-7 Śubha | 15:09 – 16:52 (auspicious) |
| Day-8 Roga | 16:52 – 18:36 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Kāla | 18:36 – 19:52 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Śubha | 19:52 – 21:09 (auspicious) |
| Night-3 Roga | 21:09 – 22:26 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Udveg | 22:26 – 23:43 (inauspicious) |
| Night-5 Chala | 23:43 – 01:00 (neutral) |
| Night-6 Labha | 01:00 – 02:16 (auspicious) |
| Night-7 Amṛta | 02:16 – 03:33 (auspicious) |
| Night-8 Kāla | 03:33 – 04:50 (inauspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: -29.8587°
Longitude: 31.0218°
Timezone: UTC+2
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Maghā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa 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 | 5118 · Kali-5118 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1869249.27 · 5117.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2457714.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 24.0890° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 274.97° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30) |
🪷 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 (24.0890°) · declination -20.18° · EoT 13.15 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:2016-11-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)