पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · July 5, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.22 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया।

यस्यान्तःस्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।।8.22।।
"8.22 O Arjuna! That Highest God, in Whom all beings abide, and Who pervades the entire universe, is reached only by wholehearted devotion. [The following material (between the asterisks) is an example of what may be a "doctored' inclusion. It does not jibe with the rest of the ma…" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.22'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 Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya78.87°MithunaĀrdrā P4
चन्द्र Candra144.66°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala5.30°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha65.00°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati343.62°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra49.87°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शनि Śani300.43°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:52 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:09 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:31 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:16 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 16 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 43 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:29 – 06:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:00 – 06:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:24
Godhūli Muhūrta16:57 – 17:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:09 – 17:34
Amṛta Kāla16:54 – 18:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:21

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:34 – 15:51
Yamaganda09:26 – 10:43
Gulika Kāla12:00 – 13:17
Varjyam07:17 – 07:34
Dur Muhūrta 09:16 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:52 – 08:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:09 – 09:26 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:26 – 10:43 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:43 – 12:00 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:00 – 13:17 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:17 – 14:34 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:34 – 15:51 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:51 – 17:09 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:09 – 18:51 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:51 – 20:34 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:34 – 22:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:17 – 00:00 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:00 – 01:43 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:43 – 03:26 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:26 – 05:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:09 – 06:52 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871300.27
Julian Day2459765.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1674°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)69.70°
🪷 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 (24.1674°), declination 22.80°, EoT -4.19 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: 2022-07-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)