पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · August 16, 2015 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 17.26 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सद्भावे साधुभावे च सदित्येतत्प्रयुज्यते।प्रशस्ते कर्मणि तथा सच्छब्दः पार्थ युज्यते।।17.26।।
"17.26 Sat' means Reality or the highest Good, and also, O Arjuna, it is used to mean an action of exceptional merit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya118.82°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra134.49°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala100.31°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha139.36°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati126.16°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शुक्र Śukra118.14°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani214.15°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:33 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:25 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:22 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:42 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 02 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:06 – 05:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:39 – 06:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta17:13 – 17:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:25 – 17:52
Amṛta Kāla17:10 – 18:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:21

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:04 – 17:25
Yamaganda11:59 – 13:21
Gulika Kāla14:42 – 16:04
Varjyam07:00 – 07:18
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:33 – 07:55 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:55 – 09:16 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:16 – 10:38 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:38 – 11:59 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:59 – 13:21 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:21 – 14:42 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:42 – 16:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:04 – 17:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:25 – 19:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:04 – 20:42 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:42 – 22:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:21 – 23:59 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:59 – 01:38 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:38 – 03:16 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:16 – 04:55 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:55 – 06:33 (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 Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868785.27
Julian Day2457250.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0712°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)18.12°
🪷 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 (24.0712°), declination 13.89°, EoT -3.97 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: 2015-08-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)