पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · July 15, 2027 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.18 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अन्तवन्त इमे देहा नित्यस्योक्ताः शरीरिणः।

अनाशिनोऽप्रमेयस्य तस्माद्युध्यस्व भारत।।2.18।।
"2.18 The material bodies which this Eternal, Indestructible, Immeasurable Spirit inhabits are all finite. Therefore fight, O Valiant Man!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2084 Raudra
Śaka Saṁvat: 1949 Plavaṅga
Bengali Saṁvat: 1434
Malayalam Era: 1203
Nanakshahi: 558
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya88.13°MithunaPunarvasu P3
चन्द्र Candra228.32°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala155.31°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha67.07°MithunaĀrdrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati123.31°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शुक्र Śukra80.06°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शनि Śani3.10°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:50 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:13 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:25 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:20 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 23 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 36 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:27 – 06:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:58 – 06:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:27
Godhūli Muhūrta17:01 – 17:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:13 – 17:39
Amṛta Kāla16:58 – 18:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:19 – 14:37
Yamaganda06:50 – 08:08
Gulika Kāla09:26 – 10:44
Varjyam07:16 – 07:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:50 – 08:08 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:08 – 09:26 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:26 – 10:44 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:44 – 12:01 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:01 – 13:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:19 – 14:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:37 – 15:55 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:55 – 17:13 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:13 – 18:55 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:55 – 20:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:37 – 22:19 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:19 – 00:01 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:01 – 01:44 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:44 – 03:26 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:26 – 05:08 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:08 – 06:50 (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 Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873136.27
Julian Day2461601.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2376°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)138.64°
🪷 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 (24.2376°), declination 21.58°, EoT -5.58 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: 2027-07-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)