पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · December 22, 2017 CE

पञ्चाङ्ग सार — Core Five-Limb Snapshot

Tithi
Śukla Caturthī
4/30 · Śukla pakṣa
Nakshatra
Śravaṇa
Pada 4 · 22/27
Yoga
Harṣaṇa
14/27
Karaṇa
Viṣṭi
half-tithi 7/60
Vāra
Śukravāra (Friday)
weekday limb
Calendar context: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa) · Solar month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)

Localized descent for Durban, South Africa; the universal day-axis remains anchored to the same date envelope.

🪷 आज: विनायक चतुर्थी — Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)
Monthly Śukla-pakṣa Caturthī; auspicious for new ventures.

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)
🕉️ 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.31 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
स्वधर्ममपि चावेक्ष्य न विकम्पितुमर्हसि।

धर्म्याद्धि युद्धाछ्रेयोऽन्यत्क्षत्रियस्य न विद्यते।।2.31।।
"2.31 Thou must look at thy duty. Nothing can be more welcome to a soldier than a righteous war. Therefore to waver in this resolve is unworthy, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.31's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya246.27°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra287.07°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala193.54°TulāSvātī P3
बुध Budha228.62°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati200.84°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra241.66°DhanuMūla P1
शनि Śani245.96°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:53 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:57 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:54 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:23 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 03 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 56 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:01 – 03:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:43 – 04:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta18:45 – 19:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:57 – 19:32
Amṛta Kāla18:42 – 20:27
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:10 – 11:55
Yamaganda15:26 – 17:11
Gulika Kāla06:39 – 08:24
Varjyam05:28 – 05:51
Dur Muhūrta 08:10 – 08:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:53 – 06:39 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:39 – 08:24 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:24 – 10:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:10 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:55 – 13:40 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:40 – 15:26 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:26 – 17:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:11 – 18:57 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:57 – 20:11 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:11 – 21:26 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:26 – 22:40 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:40 – 23:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:55 – 01:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:10 – 02:24 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:24 – 03:39 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:39 – 04:53 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Dedicated festival walk for Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly) is not live yet; Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values locate the requested date inside this application's declared proleptic model. Kali Year uses 18 February 3102 BCE as a traditional epoch convention; that convention is not proof of Krishna's historical departure date. Ahargaṇa is this model's day-count from that epoch. Julian Day is a continuous astronomical day-number. Ayanāṁśa is the modelled sidereal/tropical angular offset. Sun-Moon angle determines the computed tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5119 · Kali-5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869644.27 · 5118.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458109.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1041° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)44.28° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (24.1041°) · declination -23.44° · EoT 0.91 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 seva surface · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2017-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)

Sources and Related Local Readings

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