पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · June 5, 2017 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: निर्जला एकादशी — Nirjalā Ekādaśī
Strictest Ekādaśī (no water for 24 hours); Bhīma's vrata. Confers fruit of all 24 Ekādaśīs.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.8 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम्।अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम्।।16.8।।
"16.8 They say the universe is an accident with no purpose and no God. Life is created by sexual union, a product of lust and nothing else." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya50.49°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra180.93°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala65.92°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
बुध Budha32.07°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati168.76°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra4.41°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शनि Śani241.01°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:45 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:03 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:11 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:01 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 18 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 41 Mins 46 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:23 – 06:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:54 – 06:45
Abhijit Muhūrta11:34 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:18
Godhūli Muhūrta16:51 – 17:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:03 – 17:29
Amṛta Kāla16:48 – 18:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:15

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:02 – 09:20
Yamaganda10:37 – 11:54
Gulika Kāla13:11 – 14:29
Varjyam07:11 – 07:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:09 – 09:30

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:45 – 08:02 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:02 – 09:20 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:20 – 10:37 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:37 – 11:54 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:54 – 13:11 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:11 – 14:29 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:29 – 15:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:46 – 17:03 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:03 – 18:46 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:46 – 20:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:29 – 22:11 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:11 – 23:54 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:54 – 01:37 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:37 – 03:20 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:20 – 05:02 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:02 – 06:45 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5119 · Kali-5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869444.27 · 5118.4 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457909.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0964° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)128.47° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (24.0964°) · declination 22.55° · EoT 1.72 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:2017-06-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)