पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · June 30, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.19 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च।

अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन।।9.19।।
"9.19 I am the Heat of the Sun, I release and hold back the Rains. I am Death and Immortality; I am Being and Not-Being." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya74.56°MithunaĀrdrā P3
चन्द्र Candra359.33°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala20.72°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
बुध Budha91.07°KarkaPunarvasu P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati43.83°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra81.17°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शनि Śani325.31°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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)01:17 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:40 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 14 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 45 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:30 – 06:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:00 – 06:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:42 – 14:23
Godhūli Muhūrta16:55 – 17:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:07 – 17:32
Amṛta Kāla16:52 – 18:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:50 – 17:07
Yamaganda11:59 – 13:16
Gulika Kāla14:33 – 15:50
Varjyam07:17 – 07:34
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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):
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:52 – 08:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:09 – 09:25 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:25 – 10:42 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:42 – 11:59 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:59 – 13:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:16 – 14:33 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:33 – 15:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:50 – 17:07 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:07 – 18:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:50 – 20:33 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:33 – 22:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:16 – 23:59 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:59 – 01:42 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:42 – 03:25 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:25 – 05:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:09 – 06:52 (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 Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872026.27
Julian Day2460491.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1952°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)284.70°
🪷 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 (24.1952°), declination 23.15°, 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: 2024-06-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)