पञ्चाङ्ग — Brisbane, Australia · February 20, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: आमलकी एकादशी — Āmalakī Ekādaśī
Worship of Āmalakī (Indian gooseberry, sacred to Viṣṇu).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.22 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते।

आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः।।5.22।।
"5.22 The joys that spring from external associations bring pain; they have their beginning and their endings. The wise man does not rejoice in them." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya306.70°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra76.99°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala280.73°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha299.73°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati15.55°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra279.66°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani314.61°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:35 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:30 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:31 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:55 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 54 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 05 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:51 – 04:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:30 – 05:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 15:03
Godhūli Muhūrta18:18 – 18:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:30 – 19:02
Amṛta Kāla18:15 – 20:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:28

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:16 – 16:53
Yamaganda08:48 – 10:25
Gulika Kāla12:02 – 13:39
Varjyam06:07 – 06:28
Dur Muhūrta 08:36 – 09:01

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 Roga05:35 – 07:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:12 – 08:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:48 – 10:25 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:25 – 12:02 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:02 – 13:39 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:39 – 15:16 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:16 – 16:53 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:53 – 18:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:30 – 19:53 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:53 – 21:16 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:16 – 22:39 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:39 – 00:02 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:02 – 01:25 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:25 – 02:48 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:48 – 04:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:12 – 05:35 (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 Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871895.27
Julian Day2460360.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1902°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)128.32°
🪷 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 (24.1902°), declination -11.16°, EoT -14.28 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: 2024-02-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)