पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · August 15, 1998 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.19 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
स घोषो धार्तराष्ट्राणां हृदयानि व्यदारयत्।

नभश्च पृथिवीं चैव तुमुलो व्यनुनादयन्।।1.19।।
"1.19 The tumult rent the hearts of the sons of Dhritarashtra, and violently shook heaven and earth with its echo." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya118.20°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra30.97°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala92.48°KarkaPunarvasu P4
बुध Budha116.38°KarkaAśleṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati332.98°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra98.22°KarkaPuṣya P2
शनि Śani9.74°MeṣaAśvinī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:34 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:25 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:01 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:20 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 50 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 09 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:07 – 05:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:40 – 06:34
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta17:13 – 17:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:25 – 17:52
Amṛta Kāla17:10 – 18:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:21

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:17 – 10:38
Yamaganda13:21 – 14:42
Gulika Kāla06:34 – 07:55
Varjyam07:01 – 07:19
Dur Muhūrta 09:06 – 09:28

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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 · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:34 – 07:55 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:55 – 09:17 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:17 – 10:38 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:38 – 11:59 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:59 – 13:21 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:21 – 14:42 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:42 – 16:03 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:03 – 17:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:25 – 19:03 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:03 – 20:42 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:42 – 22:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:21 – 23:59 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:59 – 01:38 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:38 – 03:17 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:17 – 04:55 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:55 – 06:34 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: -33.8688°
Longitude: 151.2093°
Timezone: UTC+10

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862575.27 · 5099.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451040.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8337° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)271.35° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.8337°) · declination 14.16° · EoT -4.18 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1998-08-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)