पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · February 9, 2025 CE

Also observed today

पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 16.10 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga

काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः।मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः।।16.10।।

"16.10 Giving themselves up to insatiable passions, hypocritical, self-sufficient and arrogant, cherishing false conception founded on delusion, they work only to carry out their own unholy purposes." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 16.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta

Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu

Bengali Saṁvat: 1432

Malayalam Era: 1201

Nanakshahi: 556

Solar Month: Makara (Tai)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Ārdrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	296.33°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra	73.61°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	83.90°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P2
बुध Budha	295.64°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	47.07°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra	338.75°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani	324.22°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:32 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:49 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:10 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	16:14 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)	02:26 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 17 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 42 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:46 – 04:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:25 – 05:32
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:44 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:23 – 15:16
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:37 – 19:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:49 – 19:22
Amṛta Kāla	18:34 – 20:19
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:44 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	17:09 – 18:49
Yamaganda	12:10 – 13:50
Gulika Kāla	15:30 – 17:09
Varjyam	06:05 – 06:26
Dur Muhūrta	08:38 – 09:04

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	05:32 – 07:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	07:12 – 08:51 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	08:51 – 10:31 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:31 – 12:10 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	12:10 – 13:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:50 – 15:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	15:30 – 17:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	17:09 – 18:49 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	18:49 – 20:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	20:09 – 21:30 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	21:30 – 22:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:50 – 00:10 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	00:10 – 01:31 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:31 – 02:51 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	02:51 – 04:12 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	04:12 – 05:32 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -29.8587°

Longitude: 31.0218°

Timezone: UTC+2

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1872250.27
Julian Day	2460715.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2037°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	137.38°

🪷 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 (24.2037°), declination -14.64°, EoT -14.50 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: 2025-02-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)