पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · February 23, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.14 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः।प्राणापानसमायुक्तः पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम्।।15.14।।
"15.14 Becoming the fire of life, I pass into their bodies and, uniting with the vital streams of Prana and Apana, I digest the various kinds of food." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya309.98°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra347.59°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala52.36°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
बुध Budha292.63°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati346.40°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra338.84°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani304.41°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:38 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:40 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:49 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:30 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 02 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 57 Mins 29 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:54 – 04:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:33 – 05:38
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta18:28 – 18:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:40 – 19:13
Amṛta Kāla18:25 – 20:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:47 – 15:25
Yamaganda05:38 – 07:16
Gulika Kāla08:54 – 10:31
Varjyam06:10 – 06:31
Dur Muhūrta 08:40 – 09:07

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:38 – 07:16 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:16 – 08:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:54 – 10:31 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:31 – 12:09 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:09 – 13:47 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:47 – 15:25 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:25 – 17:03 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:03 – 18:40 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:40 – 20:03 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:03 – 21:25 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:25 – 22:47 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:47 – 00:09 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:09 – 01:31 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:31 – 02:54 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:54 – 04:16 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:16 – 05:38 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871533.27
Julian Day2459998.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1763°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)36.37°
🪷 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 (24.1763°), declination -9.99°, EoT -13.97 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: 2023-02-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)