पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · October 16, 2025 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.10 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
सहयज्ञाः प्रजाः सृष्ट्वा पुरोवाच प्रजापतिः।

अनेन प्रसविष्यध्वमेष वोऽस्त्विष्टकामधुक्।।3.10।।
"3.10 In the beginning, when God created all beings by the sacrifice of Himself, He said unto them: Through sacrifice you can procreate, and it shall satisfy all your desires." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1432
Malayalam Era: 1201
Nanakshahi: 556
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya178.72°KanyāCitrā P2
चन्द्र Candra116.70°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala201.65°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha198.91°TulāSvātī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati89.69°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शुक्र Śukra158.13°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani332.55°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:16 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:04 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:01 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 49 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 10 Mins 51 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:34 – 04:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:12 – 05:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:15 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:37
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:15 – 00:07

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:17 – 14:53
Yamaganda05:16 – 06:52
Gulika Kāla08:29 – 10:05
Varjyam05:48 – 06:09
Dur Muhūrta 08:16 – 08:41

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 Śubha05:16 – 06:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:52 – 08:29 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:29 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:05 – 11:41 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:41 – 13:17 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:17 – 14:53 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:53 – 16:29 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:29 – 18:05 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:05 – 19:29 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:29 – 20:53 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:53 – 22:17 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:17 – 23:41 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:41 – 01:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:05 – 02:29 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:29 – 03:52 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:52 – 05:16 (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 Year5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872499.27
Julian Day2460964.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2133°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)295.69°
🪷 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 (24.2133°), declination -8.92°, EoT 15.05 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: 2025-10-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)