पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · February 19, 2016 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 2.60 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga

यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः।

इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः।।2.60।।

"2.60 O Arjuna! The mind of him, who is trying to conquer it, is forcibly carried away in spite of his efforts, by his tumultuous senses." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 2.60's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya

Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1423

Malayalam Era: 1192

Nanakshahi: 547

Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	305.74°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra	82.23°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	209.14°	Tulā	Viśākhā P3
बुध Budha	282.42°	Makara	Śravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	145.82°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra	278.01°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani	231.08°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:34 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:45 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:10 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	16:17 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	02:14 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 11 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 48 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:48 – 04:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:28 – 05:34
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:43 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:21 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:33 – 18:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:45 – 19:18
Amṛta Kāla	18:30 – 20:15
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:43 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:31 – 12:10
Yamaganda	15:27 – 17:06
Gulika Kāla	07:13 – 08:52
Varjyam	06:07 – 06:28
Dur Muhūrta	08:39 – 09:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	05:34 – 07:13 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	07:13 – 08:52 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	08:52 – 10:31 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:31 – 12:10 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	12:10 – 13:48 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:48 – 15:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	15:27 – 17:06 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	17:06 – 18:45 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	18:45 – 20:06 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	20:06 – 21:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	21:27 – 22:48 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:48 – 00:10 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	00:10 – 01:31 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:31 – 02:52 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	02:52 – 04:13 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	04:13 – 05:34 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -33.8688°

Longitude: 151.2093°

Timezone: UTC+10

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvādaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1868972.27
Julian Day	2457437.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0784°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	135.86°

🪷 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 (24.0784°), declination -11.53°, EoT -14.37 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: 2016-02-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)