पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · June 19, 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: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.22 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
एतैर्विमुक्तः कौन्तेय तमोद्वारैस्त्रिभिर्नरः।आचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयस्ततो याति परां गतिम्।।16.22।।
"16.22 These are the gates which lead to darkness; if a man avoid them he will ensure his own welfare, and in the end will attain his liberation." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya63.88°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
चन्द्र Candra353.61°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala75.18°MithunaĀrdrā P3
बुध Budha60.41°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati168.87°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra18.53°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शनि Śani239.98°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:50 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:04 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:29 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:03 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 13 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 46 Mins 34 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 Muhūrta16:52 – 17:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:04 – 17:29
Amṛta Kāla16:49 – 18:34
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:17

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:07 – 09:24
Yamaganda10:40 – 11:57
Gulika Kāla13:14 – 14:30
Varjyam07:16 – 07:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:34

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:50 – 08:07 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:07 – 09:24 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:24 – 10:40 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:40 – 11:57 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:57 – 13:14 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:14 – 14:30 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:30 – 15:47 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:47 – 17:04 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:04 – 18:47 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:47 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:30 – 22:14 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:14 – 23:57 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:57 – 01:40 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:40 – 03:24 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:24 – 05:07 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:07 – 06:50 (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)1869458.27 · 5118.4 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457923.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0970° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)293.08° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 25/30)
🪷 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 (24.0970°) · declination 23.42° · EoT -1.03 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:2017-06-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)