पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · October 14, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.57 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
चेतसा सर्वकर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्परः।बुद्धियोगमुपाश्रित्य मच्चित्तः सततं भव।।18.57।।
"18.57 Surrender then thy actions unto Me, live in Me, concentrate thine intellect on Me, and think always of Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.57's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya176.31°KanyāCitrā P1
चन्द्र Candra187.60°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala137.52°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha158.34°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati138.63°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra130.21°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शनि Śani217.91°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:15 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:06 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:50 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:02 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 51 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 08 Mins 46 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:32 – 04:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:11 – 05:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:15 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta17:54 – 18:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:06 – 18:38
Amṛta Kāla17:51 – 19:36
Niśīta Muhūrta23:15 – 00:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:41 – 13:17
Yamaganda06:51 – 08:28
Gulika Kāla10:04 – 11:41
Varjyam05:47 – 06:08
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:41

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:15 – 06:51 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:51 – 08:28 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:28 – 10:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:04 – 11:41 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:41 – 13:17 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:17 – 14:53 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:53 – 16:30 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:30 – 18:06 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:06 – 19:30 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:30 – 20:53 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:53 – 22:17 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:17 – 23:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:41 – 01:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:04 – 02:28 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:28 – 03:51 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:51 – 05:15 (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 Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868844.27
Julian Day2457309.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0735°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)12.94°
🪷 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 (24.0735°), declination -7.96°, EoT 14.65 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: 2015-10-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)