पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · November 11, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: गोवत्स द्वादशी — Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vaccha Bāras)
Worship of cow + calf; pre-Diwali day.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.4 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अधिभूतं क्षरो भावः पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम्।

अधियज्ञोऽहमेवात्र देहे देहभृतां वर।।8.4।।
"8.4 Matter consists of the forms that perish; Divinity is the Supreme Self; and He who inspires the spirit of sacrifice in man, O noblest of thy race, is I Myself, Who now stand in human form before thee." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya205.02°TulāViśākhā P2
चन्द्र Candra165.05°KanyāHasta P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala241.28°DhanuMūla P1
बुध Budha219.03°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati49.72°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra172.24°KanyāHasta P4
शनि Śani190.04°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:46 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:33 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:40 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:47 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:12 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 46 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 13 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:56 – 03:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:38 – 04:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:12 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:52
Godhūli Muhūrta18:21 – 18:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:33 – 19:07
Amṛta Kāla18:18 – 20:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:12 – 00:07

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:49 – 18:33
Yamaganda11:40 – 13:23
Gulika Kāla15:06 – 16:49
Varjyam05:21 – 05:43
Dur Muhūrta 07:59 – 08:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:46 – 06:30 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:30 – 08:13 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:13 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta09:56 – 11:40 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:40 – 13:23 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:23 – 15:06 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:06 – 16:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:49 – 18:33 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:33 – 19:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:49 – 21:06 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:06 – 22:23 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:23 – 23:40 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:40 – 00:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta00:56 – 02:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:13 – 03:30 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:30 – 04:46 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867777.27
Julian Day2456242.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0327°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)321.58°
🪷 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 (24.0327°), declination -17.48°, EoT 15.59 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: 2012-11-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)