पञ्चाङ्ग — Suva, Fiji · December 16, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: कालभैरव अष्टमी — Kālabhairava Aṣṭamī
Kālabhairava's manifestation; Kāśī-kṣetrapāla.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.7 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतनाधृतिः।एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम्।।13.7।।
"13.7 Desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, sympathy, vitality and the persistent clinging to life, these are in brief the constituents of changing Matter." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya239.87°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra146.12°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala48.73°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
बुध Budha258.71°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati335.46°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra252.90°DhanuMūla P4
शनि Śani296.86°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:26 NZST/FJT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:39 NZST/FJT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 NZST/FJT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:50 NZST/FJT
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:45 NZST/FJT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 12 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 47 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:41 – 04:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:20 – 05:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:27 – 18:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:39 – 19:12
Amṛta Kāla18:24 – 20:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:29

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:23 – 12:02
Yamaganda15:21 – 17:00
Gulika Kāla07:05 – 08:44
Varjyam05:59 – 06:20
Dur Muhūrta 08:31 – 08:58

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:26 – 07:05 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:05 – 08:44 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:44 – 10:23 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:23 – 12:02 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:02 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:42 – 15:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:21 – 17:00 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:00 – 18:39 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:39 – 20:00 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:00 – 21:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:21 – 22:42 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:42 – 00:02 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:02 – 01:23 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:23 – 02:44 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:44 – 04:05 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:05 – 05:26 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Uttara Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871464.27
Julian Day2459929.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1737°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)269.71°
🪷 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 (24.1737°), declination -23.30°, EoT 3.72 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: 2022-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)