पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · February 24, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.23 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यदि ह्यहं न वर्तेयं जातु कर्मण्यतन्द्रितः।

मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः।।3.23।।
"3.23 For were I not to act without ceasing, O prince, people would be glad to do likewise." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya311.27°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra50.33°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala232.91°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha316.47°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.64°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra322.02°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani252.69°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:39 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:39 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:47 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:44 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 00 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 59 Mins 59 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:55 – 04:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:34 – 05:39
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta18:27 – 18:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:39 – 19:12
Amṛta Kāla18:24 – 20:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:54 – 10:32
Yamaganda13:47 – 15:24
Gulika Kāla05:39 – 07:16
Varjyam06:11 – 06:32
Dur Muhūrta 08:41 – 09:07

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:39 – 07:16 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:16 – 08:54 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:54 – 10:32 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:32 – 12:09 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:09 – 13:47 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:47 – 15:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:24 – 17:02 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:02 – 18:39 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:39 – 20:02 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:02 – 21:24 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:24 – 22:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:47 – 00:09 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:09 – 01:32 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:32 – 02:54 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:54 – 04:16 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:16 – 05:39 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869708.27
Julian Day2458173.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1065°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)101.38°
🪷 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 (24.1065°), declination -9.54°, EoT -13.84 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: 2018-02-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)