पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · June 22, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.61 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति।भ्रामयन्सर्वभूतानि यन्त्रारूढानि मायया।।18.61।।
"18.61 God dwells in the hearts of all beings, O Arjuna! He causes them to revolve as it were on a wheel by His mystic power." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.61's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya66.23°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
चन्द्र Candra109.23°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala114.39°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha54.87°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati13.50°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra109.88°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शनि Śani313.09°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:51 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:04 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:58 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:27 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:13 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 13 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 46 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:29 – 06:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:00 – 06:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta13:40 – 14:21
Godhūli Muhūrta16:52 – 17:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:04 – 17:30
Amṛta Kāla16:49 – 18:34
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:14 – 14:31
Yamaganda06:51 – 08:08
Gulika Kāla09:24 – 10:41
Varjyam07:16 – 07:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:14 – 09:34

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (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 · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:51 – 08:08 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:08 – 09:24 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:24 – 10:41 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:41 – 11:58 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:58 – 13:14 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:14 – 14:31 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:31 – 15:48 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:48 – 17:04 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:04 – 18:48 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:48 – 20:31 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:31 – 22:14 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:14 – 23:58 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:58 – 01:41 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:41 – 03:24 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:24 – 05:08 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:08 – 06:51 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871652.27
Julian Day2460117.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1809°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)46.36°
🪷 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 (24.1809°), declination 23.44°, EoT -1.66 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: 2023-06-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)