पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · April 26, 2015 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 13.20 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga

प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि।विकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसंभवान्।।13.20।।

"13.20 Know thou further that Nature and God have no beginning; and that differences of character and quality have their origin in Nature only." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 13.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka

Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha

Bengali Saṁvat: 1422

Malayalam Era: 1191

Nanakshahi: 546

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	11.44°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P4
चन्द्र Candra	102.05°	Karka	Puṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	24.22°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P4
बुध Budha	27.70°	Meṣa	Kṛttikā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	108.21°	Karka	Aśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra	52.39°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
शनि Śani	219.24°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:26 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:20 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:53 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:45 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	23:06 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 54 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 05 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:58 – 05:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:31 – 06:26
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:31 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:42 – 14:26
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:08 – 17:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:20 – 17:48
Amṛta Kāla	17:05 – 18:50
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:31 – 00:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:59 – 17:20
Yamaganda	11:53 – 13:15
Gulika Kāla	14:37 – 15:59
Varjyam	06:53 – 07:10
Dur Muhūrta	08:58 – 09:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	06:26 – 07:47 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	07:47 – 09:09 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	09:09 – 10:31 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:31 – 11:53 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	11:53 – 13:15 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:15 – 14:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	14:37 – 15:59 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	15:59 – 17:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	17:20 – 18:59 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	18:59 – 20:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	20:37 – 22:15 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:15 – 23:53 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	23:53 – 01:31 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:31 – 03:09 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	03:09 – 04:47 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	04:47 – 06:26 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -33.8688°

Longitude: 151.2093°

Timezone: UTC+10

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Puṣya alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1868673.27
Julian Day	2457138.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0669°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	88.73°

🪷 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 (24.0669°), declination 13.36°, EoT 2.16 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: 2015-04-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)