पञ्चाङ्ग — Suva, Fiji · December 12, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.37 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः।

महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्।।3.37।।
"3.37 Lord Shri Krishna: It is desire, it is aversion, born of passion. Desire consumes and corrupts everything. It is man's greatest enemy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya235.54°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra223.73°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala228.20°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha254.00°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati12.03°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra194.06°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani307.63°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

Suva, Fiji — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · NZST/FJT)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:25 NZST/FJT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:37 NZST/FJT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 NZST/FJT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:41 NZST/FJT
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:46 NZST/FJT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 11 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 48 Mins 17 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:39 – 04:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:19 – 05:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:34 – 12:27
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta18:25 – 18:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:37 – 19:10
Amṛta Kāla18:22 – 20:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:27

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:19 – 16:58
Yamaganda08:43 – 10:22
Gulika Kāla12:01 – 13:40
Varjyam05:58 – 06:19
Dur Muhūrta 08:30 – 08:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:25 – 07:04 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:04 – 08:43 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:43 – 10:22 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:22 – 12:01 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:01 – 13:40 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:40 – 15:19 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:19 – 16:58 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:58 – 18:37 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:37 – 19:58 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:58 – 21:19 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:19 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:40 – 00:01 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:01 – 01:22 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:22 – 02:43 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:43 – 04:04 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:04 – 05:25 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -18.1248°
Longitude: 178.4501°
Timezone: UTC+12

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871825.27
Julian Day2460290.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1875°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)347.17°
🪷 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 (24.1875°), declination -23.04°, EoT 5.54 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: 2023-12-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)