पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · July 5, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: आषाढ गुप्त नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Āṣāḍha Gupta Navrātri Start
Second Gupta Navrātri.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.11 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः।

नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम्।।6.11।।
"6.11 Having chosen a holy place, let him sit in a firm posture on a seat, neither too high nor too low, and covered with a grass mat, a deer skin and a cloth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya79.38°MithunaĀrdrā P4
चन्द्र Candra86.90°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala209.00°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha76.57°MithunaĀrdrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati142.93°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra86.88°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani226.68°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:00 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:58 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:29 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:30 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 58 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 01 Mins 46 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:40 – 06:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:10 – 07:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta13:39 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta16:46 – 17:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:58 – 17:23
Amṛta Kāla16:43 – 18:28
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:29 – 15:44
Yamaganda09:30 – 10:45
Gulika Kāla11:59 – 13:14
Varjyam07:25 – 07:41
Dur Muhūrta 09:20 – 09:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 Roga07:00 – 08:15 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:15 – 09:30 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:30 – 10:45 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:45 – 11:59 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:59 – 13:14 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:14 – 14:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:29 – 15:44 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:44 – 16:58 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:58 – 18:44 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:44 – 20:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:29 – 22:14 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:14 – 23:59 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:59 – 01:45 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:45 – 03:30 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:30 – 05:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:15 – 07:00 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pratipada + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869109.27
Julian Day2457574.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0836°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)9.07°
🪷 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 (24.0836°), declination 22.76°, EoT -4.19 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: 2016-07-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)