पञ्चाङ्ग — Brisbane, Australia · August 13, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.20 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यत्रोपरमते चित्तं निरुद्धं योगसेवया।

यत्र चैवात्मनाऽऽत्मानं पश्यन्नात्मनि तुष्यति।।6.20।।
"6.20 There, where the whole nature is seen in the light of the Self, where the man abides within his Self and is satisfied there, its functions restrained by its union with the Divine, the mind finds rest." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya116.18°KarkaAśleṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra328.47°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala195.70°TulāSvātī P3
बुध Budha120.58°SiṃhaMaghā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati101.34°KarkaPuṣya P3
शुक्र Śukra96.67°KarkaPuṣya P2
शनि Śani202.78°TulāViśākhā P1

Brisbane, Australia — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · AEST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:20 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:25 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:53 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:10 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 04 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 55 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:51 – 05:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:25 – 06:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:30 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:28
Godhūli Muhūrta17:13 – 17:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:25 – 17:53
Amṛta Kāla17:10 – 18:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:30 – 00:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:52 – 13:16
Yamaganda07:43 – 09:06
Gulika Kāla10:29 – 11:52
Varjyam06:48 – 07:05
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:17

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:20 – 07:43 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:43 – 09:06 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:06 – 10:29 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:29 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:52 – 13:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:16 – 14:39 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:39 – 16:02 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:02 – 17:25 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:25 – 19:02 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:02 – 20:39 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:39 – 22:16 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:16 – 23:52 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:52 – 01:29 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:29 – 03:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:06 – 04:43 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:43 – 06:20 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -27.4698°
Longitude: 153.0251°
Timezone: UTC+10

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868417.27
Julian Day2456882.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0571°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)210.50°
🪷 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 (24.0571°), declination 14.74°, EoT -4.56 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: 2014-08-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)