पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · May 11, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.24 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च।

नित्यः सर्वगतः स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातनः।।2.24।।
"2.24 It is impenetrable; It can be neither drowned nor scorched nor dried. It is Eternal, All-pervading, Unchanging, Immovable and Most Ancient." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya26.76°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra102.80°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala96.58°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha48.07°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati269.02°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra18.83°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शनि Śani127.56°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:10 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:23 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:18 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:23 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 12 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 47 Mins 14 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:48 – 06:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:19 – 07:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta13:59 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta17:11 – 17:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:23 – 17:48
Amṛta Kāla17:08 – 18:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:06 – 17:23
Yamaganda12:16 – 13:33
Gulika Kāla14:50 – 16:06
Varjyam07:36 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:33 – 09:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:10 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:27 – 09:43 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:43 – 11:00 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:00 – 12:16 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:16 – 13:33 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:33 – 14:50 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:50 – 16:06 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:06 – 17:23 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:23 – 19:06 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:06 – 20:50 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:50 – 22:33 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:33 – 00:16 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:16 – 02:00 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:00 – 03:43 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:43 – 05:27 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:27 – 07:10 (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 Time

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866132.27
Julian Day2454597.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9698°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)72.79°
🪷 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 (23.9698°), declination 17.93°, EoT 3.71 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: 2008-05-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)