पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · December 30, 2029 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.30 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यो मां पश्यति सर्वत्र सर्वं च मयि पश्यति।

तस्याहं न प्रणश्यामि स च मे न प्रणश्यति।।6.30।।
"6.30 He who sees Me in everything and everything in Me, him shall I never forsake, nor shall he lose Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2086 Dundubhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1951 Saumya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1436
Malayalam Era: 1205
Nanakshahi: 560
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya254.34°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra185.74°TulāCitrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala288.48°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha257.41°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati206.03°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra265.82°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani24.11°MeṣaBharaṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:58 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:00 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:55 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:54 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 02 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 57 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:05 – 04:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:47 – 04:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:27
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta18:48 – 19:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:00 – 19:35
Amṛta Kāla18:45 – 20:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:27

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:15 – 19:00
Yamaganda11:59 – 13:44
Gulika Kāla15:29 – 17:15
Varjyam05:33 – 05:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:14 – 08:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:58 – 06:43 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:43 – 08:28 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:28 – 10:13 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:13 – 11:59 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:59 – 13:44 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:44 – 15:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:29 – 17:15 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:15 – 19:00 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:00 – 20:15 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:15 – 21:29 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:29 – 22:44 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:44 – 23:59 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:59 – 01:13 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:13 – 02:28 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:28 – 03:43 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:43 – 04:58 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -29.8587°
Longitude: 31.0218°
Timezone: UTC+2

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5131
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874035.27
Julian Day2462500.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2720°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)293.64°
🪷 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 (24.2720°), declination -23.16°, EoT -2.80 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: 2029-12-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)