पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · March 13, 2005 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.8 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अभ्यासयोगयुक्तेन चेतसा नान्यगामिना।

परमं पुरुषं दिव्यं याति पार्थानुचिन्तयन्।।8.8।।
"8.8 He whose mind does not wander, and who is engaged in constant meditation, attains the Supreme Spirit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2062 Vilambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1927 Pārthiva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1412
Malayalam Era: 1181
Nanakshahi: 536
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya328.64°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra3.15°MeṣaAśvinī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala270.47°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha346.83°MīnaRevatī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati173.04°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra324.04°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani86.40°MithunaPunarvasu P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:17 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:44 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:18 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:19 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 26 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 33 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:37 – 05:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:15 – 06:17
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:35 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:32 – 18:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:44 – 19:15
Amṛta Kāla18:29 – 20:14
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:10 – 18:44
Yamaganda12:30 – 14:04
Gulika Kāla15:37 – 17:10
Varjyam06:48 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta 09:11 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:17 – 07:50 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:50 – 09:24 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:24 – 10:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:57 – 12:30 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:30 – 14:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:04 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:37 – 17:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:10 – 18:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:44 – 20:10 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:10 – 21:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:37 – 23:04 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:04 – 00:30 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:30 – 01:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:57 – 03:24 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:24 – 04:50 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:50 – 06:17 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -37.8136°
Longitude: 144.9631°
Timezone: UTC+10

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Tṛtīyā + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864977.27
Julian Day2453442.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9256°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)34.87°
🪷 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 (23.9256°), declination -2.95°, EoT -10.22 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: 2005-03-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)