पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · May 2, 2028 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 9.19 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga

तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च।

अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन।।9.19।।

"9.19 I am the Heat of the Sun, I release and hold back the Rains. I am Death and Immortality; I am Being and Not-Being." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 9.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati

Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka

Bengali Saṁvat: 1435

Malayalam Era: 1204

Nanakshahi: 559

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	17.92°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra	107.14°	Karka	Aśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	8.42°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3
बुध Budha	36.91°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	143.36°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra	53.66°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani	8.17°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:25 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:20 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:53 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:28 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)	23:11 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 54 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 05 Mins 09 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:58 – 05:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:31 – 06:25
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:31 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:42 – 14:26
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:08 – 17:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:20 – 17:48
Amṛta Kāla	17:05 – 18:50
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:31 – 00:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	14:37 – 15:58
Yamaganda	09:09 – 10:31
Gulika Kāla	11:53 – 13:15
Varjyam	06:53 – 07:10
Dur Muhūrta	08:58 – 09:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 Roga	06:25 – 07:47 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:47 – 09:09 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	09:09 – 10:31 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:31 – 11:53 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	11:53 – 13:15 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:15 – 14:37 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	14:37 – 15:58 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	15:58 – 17:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	17:20 – 18:58 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	18:58 – 20:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	20:37 – 22:15 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:15 – 23:53 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	23:53 – 01:31 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:31 – 03:09 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	03:09 – 04:47 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:47 – 06:25 (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 Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5130
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1873428.27
Julian Day	2461893.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2488°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	90.91°

🪷 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 (24.2488°), declination 15.49°, EoT 3.04 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: 2028-05-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)