पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · August 18, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: राधाष्टमी — Rādhāṣṭamī
Manifestation of Śrī Rādhā at Barsānā — Krishna's ādi-śakti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.7 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु मामनुस्मर युध्य च।

मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्मामेवैष्यस्यसंशयम्।।8.7।।
"8.7 Therefore meditate always on Me, and fight; if thy mind and thy reason be fixed on Me, to Me shalt thou surely come." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya120.96°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra207.62°TulāViśākhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala274.86°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha107.22°KarkaAśleṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati201.25°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra166.61°KanyāHasta P2
शनि Śani248.62°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:31 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:27 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:51 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:39 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 56 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 03 Mins 54 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:03 – 05:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:36 – 06:31
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:32
Godhūli Muhūrta17:15 – 17:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:27 – 17:54
Amṛta Kāla17:12 – 18:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:21

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:15 – 10:37
Yamaganda13:21 – 14:43
Gulika Kāla06:31 – 07:53
Varjyam06:58 – 07:15
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:26

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:31 – 07:53 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:53 – 09:15 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:15 – 10:37 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:37 – 11:59 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:59 – 13:21 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:21 – 14:43 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:43 – 16:05 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:05 – 17:27 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:27 – 19:05 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:05 – 20:43 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:43 – 22:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:21 – 23:59 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:59 – 01:37 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:37 – 03:15 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:15 – 04:53 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:53 – 06:31 (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 Aṣṭamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869883.27
Julian Day2458348.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1132°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)84.31°
🪷 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 (24.1132°), declination 13.16°, EoT -3.53 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: 2018-08-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)