पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · July 9, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कामिका एकादशी — Kāmikā Ekādaśī
First Ekādaśī of Cāturmāsya; equivalent to gift of cow + svarṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.44 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि सः।

जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते।।6.44।।
"6.44 Unconsciously he will return to the practices of his old life; so that he who tries to realise spiritual consciousness is certainly superior to one who only talks of it." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya82.70°MithunaPunarvasu P1
चन्द्र Candra26.44°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala283.92°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha108.69°KarkaAśleṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.11°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra124.45°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शनि Śani250.79°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:00 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:00 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:02 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:28 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 00 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 59 Mins 20 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:40 – 06:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:10 – 07:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:40 – 14:20
Godhūli Muhūrta16:48 – 17:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:00 – 17:25
Amṛta Kāla16:45 – 18:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:15 – 09:30
Yamaganda10:45 – 12:00
Gulika Kāla13:15 – 14:30
Varjyam07:25 – 07:41
Dur Muhūrta 09:20 – 09:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:00 – 08:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:15 – 09:30 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:30 – 10:45 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:45 – 12:00 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:00 – 13:15 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:15 – 14:30 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:30 – 15:45 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:45 – 17:00 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:00 – 18:45 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:45 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:30 – 22:15 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:15 – 00:00 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:00 – 01:45 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:45 – 03:30 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:30 – 05:15 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:15 – 07:00 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869843.27
Julian Day2458308.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1117°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)306.21°
🪷 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 (24.1117°), declination 22.38°, EoT -4.83 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: 2018-07-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)