पञ्चाङ्ग — Suva, Fiji · August 18, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.8 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः।

प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु।।7.8।।
"7.8 O Arjuna! I am the Fluidity in water, the Light in the sun and in the moon. I am the mystic syllable Om in the Vedic scriptures, the Sound in ether, the Virility in man." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya121.45°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra296.74°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala222.41°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha148.61°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati150.67°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra140.93°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani225.52°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

Suva, Fiji — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · NZST/FJT)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:23 NZST/FJT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:56 NZST/FJT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 NZST/FJT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:29 NZST/FJT
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:13 NZST/FJT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 32 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 27 Mins 29 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:51 – 05:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:26 – 06:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:05 – 14:51
Godhūli Muhūrta17:44 – 18:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:56 – 18:25
Amṛta Kāla17:41 – 19:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:33

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:36 – 15:03
Yamaganda06:23 – 07:50
Gulika Kāla09:17 – 10:43
Varjyam06:52 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:28

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:23 – 07:50 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:50 – 09:17 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:17 – 10:43 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:43 – 12:10 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:10 – 13:36 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:36 – 15:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:03 – 16:29 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:29 – 17:56 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:56 – 19:29 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:29 – 21:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:03 – 22:36 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:36 – 00:10 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:10 – 01:43 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:43 – 03:17 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:17 – 04:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:50 – 06:23 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -18.1248°
Longitude: 178.4501°
Timezone: UTC+12

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Dhaniṣṭhā 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 Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869153.27
Julian Day2457618.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0853°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)174.30°
🪷 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 (24.0853°), declination 13.01°, EoT -3.53 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: 2016-08-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)