पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · May 19, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.26 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सद्भावे साधुभावे च सदित्येतत्प्रयुज्यते।प्रशस्ते कर्मणि तथा सच्छब्दः पार्थ युज्यते।।17.26।।
"17.26 Sat' means Reality or the highest Good, and also, O Arjuna, it is used to mean an action of exceptional merit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya34.15°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
चन्द्र Candra115.04°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala81.13°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha55.82°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati306.36°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra47.81°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शनि Śani289.37°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:43 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:00 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:54 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:36 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 17 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 42 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:21 – 06:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:52 – 06:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:12
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:15
Godhūli Muhūrta16:48 – 17:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:00 – 17:26
Amṛta Kāla16:45 – 18:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:12

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:52 – 13:09
Yamaganda08:00 – 09:17
Gulika Kāla10:34 – 11:52
Varjyam07:09 – 07:25
Dur Muhūrta 09:07 – 09:28

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:43 – 08:00 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:00 – 09:17 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:17 – 10:34 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:34 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:52 – 13:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:09 – 14:26 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:26 – 15:43 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:43 – 17:00 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:00 – 18:43 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:43 – 20:26 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:26 – 22:09 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:09 – 23:52 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:52 – 01:34 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:34 – 03:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:17 – 05:00 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:00 – 06:43 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870888.27
Julian Day2459353.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1517°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)84.82°
🪷 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 (24.1517°), declination 19.78°, EoT 3.65 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: 2021-05-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)