पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · March 24, 2026 CE

Also observed today

मीन सङ्क्रान्ति · Mīna SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 7.8 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga

रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः।

प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु।।7.8।।

"7.8 O Arjuna! I am the Fluidity in water, the Light in the sun and in the moon. I am the mystic syllable Om in the Vedic scriptures, the Sound in ether, the Virility in man." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 7.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī

Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava

Bengali Saṁvat: 1433

Malayalam Era: 1202

Nanakshahi: 557

Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Rohiṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	339.20°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra	45.83°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	322.25°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha	314.47°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	80.97°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra	357.26°	Mīna	Revatī P4
शनि Śani	340.42°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:02 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:04 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:03 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	11:20 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)	21:39 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 01 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 58 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:26 – 05:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:02 – 06:02
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:39 – 12:27
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:03 – 14:51
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:52 – 18:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:04 – 18:34
Amṛta Kāla	17:49 – 19:34
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:39 – 00:27

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:03 – 16:33
Yamaganda	09:02 – 10:33
Gulika Kāla	12:03 – 13:33
Varjyam	06:32 – 06:51
Dur Muhūrta	08:50 – 09:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	06:02 – 07:32 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:32 – 09:02 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	09:02 – 10:33 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:33 – 12:03 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:03 – 13:33 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:33 – 15:03 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	15:03 – 16:33 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	16:33 – 18:04 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	18:04 – 19:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	19:33 – 21:03 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	21:03 – 22:33 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:33 – 00:03 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:03 – 01:33 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:33 – 03:02 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	03:02 – 04:32 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:32 – 06:02 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -29.8587°

Longitude: 31.0218°

Timezone: UTC+2

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1872658.27
Julian Day	2461123.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2194°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	64.66°

🪷 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 (24.2194°), declination 1.36°, EoT -6.90 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: 2026-03-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)