पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · October 10, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.1 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम।

अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते।।8.1।।
"8.1 "Arjuna asked: O Lord of Lords! What is that which men call the Supreme Spirit, what is man's Spiritual Nature, and what is the Law? What is Matter and what is Divinity?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya172.60°KanyāHasta P4
चन्द्र Candra13.73°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala233.82°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha186.52°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati112.63°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra168.45°KanyāHasta P3
शनि Śani207.12°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:20 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:03 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:42 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:30 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 43 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 16 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:38 – 04:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:16 – 05:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta17:51 – 18:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:03 – 18:35
Amṛta Kāla17:48 – 19:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 00:07

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:06 – 11:41
Yamaganda14:52 – 16:28
Gulika Kāla06:55 – 08:31
Varjyam05:52 – 06:12
Dur Muhūrta 08:18 – 08:43

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:20 – 06:55 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:55 – 08:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:31 – 10:06 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:06 – 11:41 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:41 – 13:17 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:17 – 14:52 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:52 – 16:28 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:28 – 18:03 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:03 – 19:28 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:28 – 20:52 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:52 – 22:17 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:17 – 23:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:41 – 01:06 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:06 – 02:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:31 – 03:55 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:55 – 05:20 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868475.27
Julian Day2456940.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0594°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)201.98°
🪷 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 (24.0594°), declination -6.55°, EoT 13.74 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: 2014-10-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)