पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · June 10, 2019 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 17.18 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

सत्कारमानपूजार्थं तपो दम्भेन चैव यत्।क्रियते तदिह प्रोक्तं राजसं चलमध्रुवम्।।17.18।।

"17.18 Austerity coupled with hypocrisy or performed for the sake of self-glorification, popularity or vanity, comes from Passion, and its result is always doubtful and temporary." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 17.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi

Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri

Bengali Saṁvat: 1426

Malayalam Era: 1195

Nanakshahi: 550

Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	54.79°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
चन्द्र Candra	142.07°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	81.66°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
बुध Budha	74.78°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	235.42°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra	36.82°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P4
शनि Śani	265.05°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:56 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:53 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:54 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	11:55 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	23:32 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 56 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 03 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:36 – 06:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:06 – 06:56
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:34 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:34 – 14:14
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:41 – 17:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:53 – 17:18
Amṛta Kāla	16:38 – 18:23
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:34 – 00:14

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	08:11 – 09:25
Yamaganda	10:40 – 11:54
Gulika Kāla	13:09 – 14:24
Varjyam	07:21 – 07:37
Dur Muhūrta	09:15 – 09:35

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	06:56 – 08:11 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	08:11 – 09:25 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	09:25 – 10:40 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:40 – 11:54 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	11:54 – 13:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:09 – 14:24 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	14:24 – 15:38 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	15:38 – 16:53 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	16:53 – 18:38 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	18:38 – 20:24 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	20:24 – 22:09 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:09 – 23:54 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	23:54 – 01:40 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:40 – 03:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	03:25 – 05:11 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	05:11 – 06:56 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: -33.8688°

Longitude: 151.2093°

Timezone: UTC+10

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870179.27
Julian Day	2458644.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1245°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	86.47°

🪷 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 (24.1245°), declination 22.97°, EoT 0.81 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: 2019-06-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)