पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · October 14, 2027 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.37 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः।

महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्।।3.37।।
"3.37 Lord Shri Krishna: It is desire, it is aversion, born of passion. Desire consumes and corrupts everything. It is man's greatest enemy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2084 Raudra
Śaka Saṁvat: 1949 Plavaṅga
Bengali Saṁvat: 1434
Malayalam Era: 1203
Nanakshahi: 558
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya176.23°KanyāCitrā P1
चन्द्र Candra338.26°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala214.04°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha187.88°TulāSvātī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati142.47°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra192.68°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani0.49°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:19 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:04 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:29 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:30 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 44 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 15 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:37 – 04:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:15 – 05:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta17:52 – 18:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:04 – 18:36
Amṛta Kāla17:49 – 19:34
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 00:07

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:17 – 14:52
Yamaganda05:19 – 06:54
Gulika Kāla08:30 – 10:06
Varjyam05:51 – 06:11
Dur Muhūrta 08:17 – 08:43

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:19 – 06:54 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:54 – 08:30 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:30 – 10:06 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:06 – 11:41 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:41 – 13:17 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:17 – 14:52 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:52 – 16:28 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:28 – 18:04 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:04 – 19:28 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:28 – 20:52 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:52 – 22:17 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:17 – 23:41 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:41 – 01:06 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:06 – 02:30 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:30 – 03:54 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:54 – 05:19 (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)1873227.27
Julian Day2461692.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2411°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)161.39°
🪷 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 (24.2411°), declination -8.00°, EoT 14.65 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: 2027-10-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)