पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · October 16, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: शारदीय नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Śāradīya Navrātri Start
Autumn Navrātri begins; Devī Mahiṣāsura-mardinī worship for 9 nights.

Also observed today

🪷 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: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya179.05°KanyāCitrā P2
चन्द्र Candra186.45°TulāCitrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala222.18°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha200.75°TulāViśākhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati51.77°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra140.81°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani186.91°TulāSvātī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:12 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:09 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:40 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:35 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:44 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 56 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 03 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:28 – 04:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:07 – 05:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:50 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta17:57 – 18:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:09 – 18:41
Amṛta Kāla17:54 – 19:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 00:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:54 – 16:31
Yamaganda08:26 – 10:03
Gulika Kāla11:40 – 13:17
Varjyam05:44 – 06:05
Dur Muhūrta 08:13 – 08:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:12 – 06:49 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:49 – 08:26 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:26 – 10:03 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:03 – 11:40 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:40 – 13:17 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:17 – 14:54 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:54 – 16:31 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:31 – 18:09 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:09 – 19:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:31 – 20:54 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:54 – 22:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:17 – 23:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:40 – 01:03 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:03 – 02:26 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:26 – 03:49 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:49 – 05:12 (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

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867751.27
Julian Day2456216.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0317°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)5.75°
🪷 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 (24.0317°), declination -8.97°, EoT 15.05 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: 2012-10-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)