पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · January 20, 2030 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.4 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च।

अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा।।7.4।।
"7.4 Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect and personality; this is the eightfold division of My Manifested Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2087 Rudhirodgāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1952 Sādhāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1437
Malayalam Era: 1206
Nanakshahi: 561
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya275.73°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra100.28°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala305.01°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha251.05°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati209.42°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra254.74°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani23.73°MeṣaBharaṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:14 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:00 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:08 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:42 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 45 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 14 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:24 – 04:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:05 – 05:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:20
Godhūli Muhūrta18:48 – 19:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:00 – 19:34
Amṛta Kāla18:45 – 20:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:16 – 19:00
Yamaganda12:07 – 13:50
Gulika Kāla15:33 – 17:16
Varjyam05:48 – 06:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:14 – 06:57 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:57 – 08:40 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:40 – 10:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:24 – 12:07 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:07 – 13:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:50 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:33 – 17:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:16 – 19:00 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:00 – 20:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:16 – 21:33 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:33 – 22:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:50 – 00:07 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:07 – 01:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:24 – 02:40 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:40 – 03:57 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:57 – 05:14 (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)1874056.27
Julian Day2462521.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2728°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)184.00°
🪷 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 (24.2728°), declination -20.15°, EoT -10.96 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: 2030-01-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)