पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · August 14, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.19 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
तानहं द्विषतः क्रूरान्संसारेषु नराधमान्।क्षिपाम्यजस्रमशुभानासुरीष्वेव योनिषु।।16.19।।
"16.19 Those who thus hate Me, who are cruel, the dregs of mankind, I condemn them to a continuous, miserable and godless rebirth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya117.39°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra202.13°TulāViśākhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala86.71°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha105.95°KarkaPuṣya P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati76.08°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra152.68°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani191.61°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:35 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:24 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:49 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:28 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 49 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 10 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:08 – 05:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:41 – 06:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta17:12 – 17:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:24 – 17:51
Amṛta Kāla17:09 – 18:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:21

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:00 – 13:21
Yamaganda07:56 – 09:17
Gulika Kāla10:38 – 12:00
Varjyam07:02 – 07:19
Dur Muhūrta 09:06 – 09:28

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (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 · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:35 – 07:56 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:56 – 09:17 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:17 – 10:38 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:38 – 12:00 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:00 – 13:21 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:21 – 14:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:42 – 16:03 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:03 – 17:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:24 – 19:03 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:03 – 20:42 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:42 – 22:21 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:21 – 00:00 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:00 – 01:38 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:38 – 03:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:17 – 04:56 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:56 – 06:35 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868053.27
Julian Day2456518.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0432°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)87.51°
🪷 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 (24.0432°), declination 14.36°, EoT -4.37 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: 2013-08-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)