पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · September 18, 2017 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 18.61 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति।भ्रामयन्सर्वभूतानि यन्त्रारूढानि मायया।।18.61।।
"18.61 God dwells in the hearts of all beings, O Arjuna! He causes them to revolve as it were on a wheel by His mystic power." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.61's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya151.23°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra123.77°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala133.66°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha134.79°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati180.89°TulāCitrā P3
शुक्र Śukra123.22°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शनि Śani237.37°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:50 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:48 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:29 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:28 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 58 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 01 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:14 – 05:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:50 – 05:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:12
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:36
Godhūli Muhūrta17:36 – 18:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:48 – 18:18
Amṛta Kāla17:33 – 19:18
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:12

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:19 – 08:49
Yamaganda10:19 – 11:49
Gulika Kāla13:18 – 14:48
Varjyam06:19 – 06:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 09:01

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 Amṛta05:50 – 07:19 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:19 – 08:49 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:49 – 10:19 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:19 – 11:49 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:49 – 13:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:18 – 14:48 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:48 – 16:18 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:18 – 17:48 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:48 – 19:18 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:18 – 20:48 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:48 – 22:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:18 – 23:49 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:49 – 01:19 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:19 – 02:49 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:49 – 04:19 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:19 – 05:50 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869549.27
Julian Day2458014.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1004°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)333.88°
🪷 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 (24.1004°), declination 1.86°, EoT 6.61 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: 2017-09-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)