पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · March 13, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.12 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तस्य संजनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः।

सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्।।1.12।।
"1.12 Then to enliven his spirits, the brave Grandfather Bheeshma, eldest of the Kuru-clan, blew his conch, till it sounded like a lion's roar." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya328.87°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra40.28°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala68.90°MithunaĀrdrā P1
बुध Budha303.37°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati264.27°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra306.06°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani129.62°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:17 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:43 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:22 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:10 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 26 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 33 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:38 – 05:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:15 – 06:17
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:35 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta18:31 – 18:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:43 – 19:15
Amṛta Kāla18:28 – 20:13
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:04 – 15:37
Yamaganda06:17 – 07:51
Gulika Kāla09:24 – 10:57
Varjyam06:48 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta 09:11 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:17 – 07:51 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:51 – 09:24 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:24 – 10:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:57 – 12:30 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:30 – 14:04 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:04 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:37 – 17:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:10 – 18:43 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:43 – 20:10 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:10 – 21:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:37 – 23:04 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:04 – 00:30 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:30 – 01:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:57 – 03:24 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:24 – 04:51 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:51 – 06:17 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -37.8136°
Longitude: 144.9631°
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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866073.27
Julian Day2454538.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9675°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)69.32°
🪷 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 (23.9675°), declination -2.84°, 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: 2008-03-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)