पञ्चाङ्ग — Durban, South Africa · January 8, 2031 CE

🪷 आज: पौष पूर्णिमा — Pauṣa Pūrṇimā (Śākambharī Devī Jayantī)
Manifestation of Devī Śākambharī (vegetation-mother).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.14 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम्।विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम्।।18.14।।
"18.14 They are a body, a personality, physical organs, their manifold activity and destiny." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2088 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1953 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1438
Malayalam Era: 1207
Nanakshahi: 562
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.25°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra75.31°MithunaĀrdrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala181.35°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha240.11°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati232.65°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra282.15°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani38.14°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:04 UTC+2
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:01 UTC+2
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 UTC+2
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:25 UTC+2
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:37 UTC+2
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 57 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 02 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:12 – 04:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:54 – 05:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:18
Godhūli Muhūrta18:49 – 19:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:01 – 19:36
Amṛta Kāla18:46 – 20:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:31

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:03 – 13:47
Yamaganda06:49 – 08:33
Gulika Kāla10:18 – 12:03
Varjyam05:39 – 06:01
Dur Muhūrta 08:19 – 08:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:04 – 06:49 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:49 – 08:33 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:33 – 10:18 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:18 – 12:03 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:03 – 13:47 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:47 – 15:32 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:32 – 17:17 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:17 – 19:01 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:01 – 20:17 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:17 – 21:32 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:32 – 22:47 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:47 – 00:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:03 – 01:18 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:18 – 02:33 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:33 – 03:49 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:49 – 05:04 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Ārdrā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5132
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874409.27
Julian Day2462874.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2863°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)172.23°
🪷 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 (24.2863°), declination -22.29°, EoT -6.70 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: 2031-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)