पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · August 16, 2011 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
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🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.11 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
यतन्तो योगिनश्चैनं पश्यन्त्यात्मन्यवस्थितम्।यतन्तोऽप्यकृतात्मानो नैनं पश्यन्त्यचेतसः।।15.11।।
"15.11 The saints with great effort find Him within themselves; but not the unintelligent, who in spite of every effort cannot control their minds." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya118.84°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra324.41°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala74.16°MithunaĀrdrā P3
बुध Budha120.53°SiṃhaMaghā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati15.91°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra118.57°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani169.33°KanyāHasta P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:33 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:25 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:26 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:57 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 06 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:06 – 05:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:39 – 06:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta17:13 – 17:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:25 – 17:52
Amṛta Kāla17:10 – 18:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:21

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:42 – 16:04
Yamaganda09:16 – 10:38
Gulika Kāla11:59 – 13:21
Varjyam07:00 – 07:18
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:27

🧭 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: Grīṣma (Summer)
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 Roga06:33 – 07:55 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:55 – 09:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:16 – 10:38 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:38 – 11:59 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:59 – 13:21 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:21 – 14:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:42 – 16:04 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:04 – 17:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:25 – 19:04 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:04 – 20:42 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:42 – 22:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:21 – 23:59 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:59 – 01:38 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:38 – 03:16 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:16 – 04:55 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:55 – 06:33 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: -33.8688°
Longitude: 151.2093°
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 — 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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867324.27 · 5112.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455789.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0153° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)208.42° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (24.0153°) · declination 13.90° · EoT -3.97 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:2011-08-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)