पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · March 11, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: होलिका दहन — Holikā Dahana
Burning of Holikā; Prahlāda saved by Hari. Eve of Holi.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.4 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक् च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत्।स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे श्रृणु।।13.4।।
"13.4 What is called Matter, of what it is composed, whence it came, and why it changes, what the Self is, and what Its power - this I will now briefly set forth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya326.56°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra127.57°SiṃhaMaghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala6.39°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha330.00°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati176.95°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra347.99°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani242.96°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:52 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:20 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:17 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:23 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 27 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 32 Mins 02 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:12 – 05:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:50 – 05:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta18:08 – 18:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:20 – 18:51
Amṛta Kāla18:05 – 19:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:31

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:59 – 10:32
Yamaganda13:39 – 15:13
Gulika Kāla05:52 – 07:25
Varjyam06:23 – 06:43
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:52 – 07:25 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:25 – 08:59 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:59 – 10:32 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:32 – 12:06 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:06 – 13:39 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:39 – 15:13 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:13 – 16:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:46 – 18:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:20 – 19:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:46 – 21:13 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:13 – 22:39 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:39 – 00:06 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:06 – 01:32 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:32 – 02:59 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:59 – 04:25 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:25 – 05:52 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869358.27
Julian Day2457823.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0931°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)162.19°
🪷 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 (24.0931°), declination -3.70°, EoT -10.76 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: 2017-03-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)