पञ्चाङ्ग — Brisbane, Australia · August 28, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।

रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya130.60°SiṃhaMaghā P4
चन्द्र Candra327.73°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala274.24°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha112.13°KarkaAśleṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati202.43°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra175.79°KanyāCitrā P1
शनि Śani248.39°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:05 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:32 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:48 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:07 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 26 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 33 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:34 – 05:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:08 – 06:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:12
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:29
Godhūli Muhūrta17:20 – 17:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:32 – 18:01
Amṛta Kāla17:17 – 19:02
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:12

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:40 – 16:06
Yamaganda08:57 – 10:23
Gulika Kāla11:49 – 13:15
Varjyam06:34 – 06:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:09

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (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 · 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 Roga06:05 – 07:31 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:31 – 08:57 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:57 – 10:23 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:23 – 11:49 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:49 – 13:15 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:15 – 14:40 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:40 – 16:06 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:06 – 17:32 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:32 – 19:06 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:06 – 20:40 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:40 – 22:15 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:15 – 23:49 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:49 – 01:23 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:23 – 02:57 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:57 – 04:31 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:31 – 06:05 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869893.27
Julian Day2458358.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1136°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)198.78°
🪷 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 (24.1136°), declination 9.78°, EoT -0.81 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: 2018-08-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)