पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · July 24, 2019 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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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.34 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यया तु धर्मकामार्थान् धृत्या धारयतेऽर्जुन।प्रसङ्गेन फलाकाङ्क्षी धृतिः सा पार्थ राजसी।।18.34।।
"18.34 The conviction which always holds fast to rituals, to self-interest and wealth, for the sake of what they may bring forth - that comes from Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya96.77°KarkaPuṣya P2
चन्द्र Candra355.27°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala109.64°KarkaAśleṣā P1
बुध Budha92.33°KarkaPunarvasu P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati230.91°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra90.66°KarkaPunarvasu P4
शनि Śani261.98°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:46 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:18 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:31 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:01 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 32 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 27 Mins 54 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:22 – 06:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:53 – 06:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:30
Godhūli Muhūrta17:06 – 17:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:18 – 17:44
Amṛta Kāla17:03 – 18:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:02 – 13:21
Yamaganda08:05 – 09:24
Gulika Kāla10:43 – 12:02
Varjyam07:12 – 07:29
Dur Muhūrta 09:14 – 09:35

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Labha06:46 – 08:05 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:05 – 09:24 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:24 – 10:43 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:43 – 12:02 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:02 – 13:21 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:21 – 14:40 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:40 – 15:59 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:59 – 17:18 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:18 – 18:59 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:59 – 20:40 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:40 – 22:21 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:21 – 00:02 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:02 – 01:43 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:43 – 03:24 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:24 – 05:05 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:05 – 06:46 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5121 · Kali-5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870223.27 · 5120.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458688.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1262° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)262.16° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 22/30)
🪷 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 (24.1262°) · declination 19.96° · EoT -6.16 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 offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2019-07-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)