पञ्चाङ्ग — Brisbane, Australia · October 5, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.26 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते।

एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः।।8.26।।
"8.26 These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoso takes the former, returns not; he who chooses the latter, returns.*" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya168.15°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra212.24°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala250.86°DhanuMūla P4
बुध Budha152.07°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati160.86°KanyāHasta P1
शुक्र Śukra199.61°TulāSvātī P4
शनि Śani227.64°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:22 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:49 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:36 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:47 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:17 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 27 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 32 Mins 17 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:42 – 04:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:19 – 05:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:11 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:40 – 14:30
Godhūli Muhūrta17:37 – 18:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:49 – 18:21
Amṛta Kāla17:34 – 19:19
Niśīta Muhūrta23:11 – 00:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:36 – 13:09
Yamaganda06:55 – 08:29
Gulika Kāla10:02 – 11:36
Varjyam05:53 – 06:13
Dur Muhūrta 08:16 – 08:41

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:22 – 06:55 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:55 – 08:29 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:29 – 10:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:02 – 11:36 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:36 – 13:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:09 – 14:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:42 – 16:16 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:16 – 17:49 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:49 – 19:16 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:16 – 20:42 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:42 – 22:09 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:09 – 23:36 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:36 – 01:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:02 – 02:29 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:29 – 03:55 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:55 – 05:22 (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 Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869201.27
Julian Day2457666.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0871°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)47.95°
🪷 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 (24.0871°), declination -4.84°, EoT 12.39 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: 2016-10-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)