पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · November 23, 2024 CE

Also observed today

वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति · Vṛścika SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 13.14 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga

सर्वतः पाणिपादं तत्सर्वतोऽक्षिशिरोमुखम्।सर्वतः श्रुतिमल्लोके सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठति।।13.14।।

"13.14 Everywhere are Its hands and Its feet; everywhere It has eyes that see, heads that think and mouths that speak; everywhere It listens; It dwells in all the worlds; It envelops them all." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 13.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala

Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1431

Malayalam Era: 1200

Nanakshahi: 555

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Indra
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	217.04°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P2
चन्द्र Candra	126.91°	Siṃha	Maghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	100.39°	Karka	Puṣya P3
बुध Budha	237.65°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	54.00°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
शुक्र Śukra	258.85°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani	318.63°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:50 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:37 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:43 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	00:06 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)	11:19 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 47 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 12 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:59 – 03:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:41 – 04:50
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:15 – 12:11
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:01 – 14:56
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:25 – 18:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:37 – 19:11
Amṛta Kāla	18:22 – 20:07
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:15 – 00:11

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	08:16 – 10:00
Yamaganda	13:26 – 15:10
Gulika Kāla	04:50 – 06:33
Varjyam	05:24 – 05:46
Dur Muhūrta	08:03 – 08:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: West

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	04:50 – 06:33 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	06:33 – 08:16 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	08:16 – 10:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	10:00 – 11:43 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	11:43 – 13:26 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	13:26 – 15:10 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	15:10 – 16:53 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	16:53 – 18:37 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	18:37 – 19:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	19:53 – 21:10 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	21:10 – 22:26 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	22:26 – 23:43 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	23:43 – 01:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	01:00 – 02:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	02:16 – 03:33 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	03:33 – 04:50 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -29.8587°

Longitude: 31.0218°

Timezone: UTC+2

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Maghā alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1872172.27
Julian Day	2460637.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2008°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	268.04°

🪷 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 (24.2008°), declination -20.41°, EoT 12.85 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: 2024-11-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)