पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · May 22, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.8 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः।

प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु।।7.8।।
"7.8 O Arjuna! I am the Fluidity in water, the Light in the sun and in the moon. I am the mystic syllable Om in the Vedic scriptures, the Sound in ether, the Virility in man." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya36.79°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
चन्द्र Candra297.24°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala333.30°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha36.19°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati337.89°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra357.88°MīnaRevatī P4
शनि Śani300.98°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:37 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:07 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:38 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:51 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 30 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 29 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:13 – 05:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:45 – 06:37
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta16:55 – 17:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:07 – 17:34
Amṛta Kāla16:52 – 18:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:49 – 17:07
Yamaganda11:52 – 13:11
Gulika Kāla14:30 – 15:49
Varjyam07:04 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:25

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:37 – 07:56 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:56 – 09:15 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:15 – 10:34 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:34 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:52 – 13:11 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:11 – 14:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:30 – 15:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:49 – 17:07 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:07 – 18:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:49 – 20:30 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:30 – 22:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:11 – 23:52 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:52 – 01:34 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:34 – 03:15 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:15 – 04:56 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:56 – 06:37 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871256.27
Julian Day2459721.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1657°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)257.49°
🪷 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 (24.1657°), declination 20.35°, EoT 3.47 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: 2022-05-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)