पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · June 30, 2022 CE

Also observed today

मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति · Mithuna SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga

सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।

रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।

"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 8.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt

Bengali Saṁvat: 1429

Malayalam Era: 1198

Nanakshahi: 553

Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)

Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	74.10°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P3
चन्द्र Candra	84.13°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	1.78°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
बुध Budha	55.78°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	343.21°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra	43.89°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P2
शनि Śani	300.64°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:52 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:07 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:59 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	07:30 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)	17:48 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 14 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 45 Mins 14 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:30 – 06:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:01 – 06:52
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:39 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:42 – 14:23
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:55 – 17:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:07 – 17:32
Amṛta Kāla	16:52 – 18:37
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:39 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	13:16 – 14:33
Yamaganda	06:52 – 08:09
Gulika Kāla	09:26 – 10:42
Varjyam	07:17 – 07:34
Dur Muhūrta	09:15 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: North-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha	06:52 – 08:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga	08:09 – 09:26 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg	09:26 – 10:42 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala	10:42 – 11:59 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha	11:59 – 13:16 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta	13:16 – 14:33 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla	14:33 – 15:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha	15:50 – 17:07 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta	17:07 – 18:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla	18:50 – 20:33 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha	20:33 – 22:16 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga	22:16 – 23:59 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg	23:59 – 01:42 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala	01:42 – 03:26 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha	03:26 – 05:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta	05:09 – 06:52 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -29.8587°

Longitude: 31.0218°

Timezone: UTC+2

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Bṛhaspati Walk (गुरु यात्रा)

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pratipada + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871295.27
Julian Day	2459760.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1672°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	11.99°

🪷 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 (24.1672°), declination 23.18°, EoT -3.28 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: 2022-06-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)