पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · January 27, 2018 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
- पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional
- जया एकादशी · Jayā EkādaśīVaishnava
- एकादशी · EkādaśīVaishnava
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.67 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
इन्द्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोऽनुविधीयते।
तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि।।2.67।।
तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि।।2.67।।
"2.67 As a ship at sea is tossed by the tempest, so the reason is carried away by the mind when preyed upon by straying senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Rohiṇī Pada 1 |
| योग (Yoga) | Brahma |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Vaṇija |
| वार (Vāra) | Śanivāra (Saturday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 282.93° | Makara | Śravaṇa P1 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 40.17° | Vṛṣabha | Rohiṇī P1 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 215.91° | Vṛścika | Anurādhā P1 |
| बुध Budha | 268.60° | Dhanu | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P1 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 206.37° | Tulā | Viśākhā P2 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 286.93° | Makara | Śravaṇa P3 |
| शनि Śani | 250.07° | Dhanu | Mūla P4 |
☀️ Durban, South Africa — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC+2)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 05:20 UTC+2 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 18:57 UTC+2 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 12:09 UTC+2 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 14:46 UTC+2 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 01:10 UTC+2 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 13 Hours 36 Mins 55 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 10 Hours 23 Mins 05 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 03:31 – 04:26 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 04:12 – 05:20 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:41 – 12:36 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 14:25 – 15:19 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 18:45 – 19:09 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 18:57 – 19:31 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 18:42 – 20:27 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:41 – 00:36 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 08:44 – 10:27 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 13:51 – 15:33 |
| Gulika Kāla | 05:20 – 07:02 |
| Varjyam | 05:54 – 06:16 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:31 – 08:58 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
⭐ 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
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Kāla | 05:20 – 07:02 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Śubha | 07:02 – 08:44 (auspicious) |
| Day-3 Roga | 08:44 – 10:27 (inauspicious) |
| Day-4 Udveg | 10:27 – 12:09 (inauspicious) |
| Day-5 Chala | 12:09 – 13:51 (neutral) |
| Day-6 Labha | 13:51 – 15:33 (auspicious) |
| Day-7 Amṛta | 15:33 – 17:15 (auspicious) |
| Day-8 Kāla | 17:15 – 18:57 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Labha | 18:57 – 20:15 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Amṛta | 20:15 – 21:33 (auspicious) |
| Night-3 Kāla | 21:33 – 22:51 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Śubha | 22:51 – 00:09 (auspicious) |
| Night-5 Roga | 00:09 – 01:27 (inauspicious) |
| Night-6 Udveg | 01:27 – 02:44 (inauspicious) |
| Night-7 Chala | 02:44 – 04:02 (neutral) |
| Night-8 Labha | 04:02 – 05:20 (auspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: -29.8587°
Longitude: 31.0218°
Timezone: UTC+2
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Śukla Ekādaśī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)
🌌 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 | 5119 · Kali-5119 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1869680.27 · 5119.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2458145.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 24.1055° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 120.26° · 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 (24.1055°) · declination -18.51° · EoT -12.76 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:2018-01-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)