पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · October 5, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.26 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते।

एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः।।8.26।।
"8.26 These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoso takes the former, returns not; he who chooses the latter, returns.*" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya168.15°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra212.24°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala250.86°DhanuMūla P4
बुध Budha152.07°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati160.86°KanyāHasta P1
शुक्र Śukra199.61°TulāSvātī P4
शनि Śani227.64°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:26 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:00 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:43 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:42 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:37 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 34 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 25 Mins 53 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:45 – 04:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:23 – 05:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:08
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta17:48 – 18:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:00 – 18:31
Amṛta Kāla17:45 – 19:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:08

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:43 – 13:17
Yamaganda07:00 – 08:34
Gulika Kāla10:09 – 11:43
Varjyam05:57 – 06:17
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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 · 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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:26 – 07:00 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:00 – 08:34 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:34 – 10:09 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:09 – 11:43 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:43 – 13:17 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:17 – 14:51 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:51 – 16:26 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:26 – 18:00 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:00 – 19:26 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:26 – 20:51 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:51 – 22:17 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:17 – 23:43 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:43 – 01:09 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:09 – 02:34 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:34 – 04:00 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:00 – 05:26 (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 Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869201.27
Julian Day2457666.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0871°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)47.95°
🪷 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 (24.0871°), declination -4.84°, EoT 12.39 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: 2016-10-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)