पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · May 14, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.6 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः।यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम।।15.6।।
"15.6 Neither sun, moon, nor fire shines there. Those who go thither never come back. For, O Arjuna, that is my Celestial Home!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya29.36°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra243.68°DhanuMūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala51.15°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
बुध Budha3.84°MeṣaAśvinī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati169.75°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra345.14°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani242.43°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:39 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:03 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:51 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:58 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:20 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 24 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 35 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:16 – 05:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:47 – 06:39
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:12
Vijaya Muhūrta13:35 – 14:17
Godhūli Muhūrta16:51 – 17:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:03 – 17:29
Amṛta Kāla16:48 – 18:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:12

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:45 – 17:03
Yamaganda11:51 – 13:09
Gulika Kāla14:27 – 15:45
Varjyam07:05 – 07:22
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:26

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:39 – 07:57 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:57 – 09:15 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:15 – 10:33 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:33 – 11:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:51 – 13:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:09 – 14:27 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:27 – 15:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:45 – 17:03 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:03 – 18:45 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:45 – 20:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:27 – 22:09 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:09 – 23:51 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:51 – 01:33 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:33 – 03:15 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:15 – 04:57 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:57 – 06:39 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869422.27
Julian Day2457887.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0956°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)217.56°
🪷 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 (24.0956°), declination 18.63°, EoT 3.76 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: 2017-05-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)