पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · March 11, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.13 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः।

संप्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन्।।6.13।।
"6.13 Let him hold body, head and neck erect, motionless and steady; let him look fixedly at the tip of his nose, turning neither to the right nor to the left." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya326.77°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra336.21°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala296.20°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha337.08°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati18.95°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra304.42°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani317.04°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:55 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:19 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:42 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:47 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 24 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 35 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:15 – 05:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:53 – 05:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta18:07 – 18:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:19 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla18:04 – 19:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:31

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:28 – 09:01
Yamaganda10:34 – 12:07
Gulika Kāla13:40 – 15:13
Varjyam06:26 – 06:45
Dur Muhūrta 08:48 – 09:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:55 – 07:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:28 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:01 – 10:34 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:34 – 12:07 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:07 – 13:40 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:40 – 15:13 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:13 – 16:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:46 – 18:19 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:19 – 19:46 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:46 – 21:13 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:13 – 22:40 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:40 – 00:07 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:07 – 01:34 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:34 – 03:01 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:01 – 04:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:28 – 05:55 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871915.27
Julian Day2460380.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1909°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)8.53°
🪷 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 (24.1909°), declination -3.58°, EoT -10.76 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: 2024-03-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)