पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · June 6, 2018 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 6.11 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga

शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः।

नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम्।।6.11।।

"6.11 Having chosen a holy place, let him sit in a firm posture on a seat, neither too high nor too low, and covered with a grass mat, a deer skin and a cloth." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 6.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1425

Malayalam Era: 1194

Nanakshahi: 549

Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	51.21°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra	313.02°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	282.30°	Makara	Śravaṇa P1
बुध Budha	50.82°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	200.83°	Tulā	Viśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra	86.42°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P2
शनि Śani	253.15°	Dhanu	Mūla P4

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)	22:58 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)	11:45 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 17 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 42 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:23 – 06:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:54 – 06:45
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:34 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:37 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:51 – 17:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:03 – 17:29
Amṛta Kāla	16:48 – 18:33
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:34 – 00:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	11:54 – 13:12
Yamaganda	08:03 – 09:20
Gulika Kāla	10:37 – 11:54
Varjyam	07:11 – 07:28
Dur Muhūrta	09:10 – 09:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)

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 · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha	06:45 – 08:03 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	08:03 – 09:20 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	09:20 – 10:37 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:37 – 11:54 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	11:54 – 13:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	13:12 – 14:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	14:29 – 15:46 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	15:46 – 17:03 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	17:03 – 18:46 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	18:46 – 20:29 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	20:29 – 22:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	22:12 – 23:54 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	23:54 – 01:37 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:37 – 03:20 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	03:20 – 05:03 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	05:03 – 06:45 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -29.8587°

Longitude: 31.0218°

Timezone: UTC+2

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Śatabhiṣā alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869810.27
Julian Day	2458275.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1104°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	265.22°

🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.1104°), declination 22.63°, EoT 1.54 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2018-06-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)