पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · May 13, 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 2.26 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम्।

तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैवं शोचितुमर्हसि।।2.26।।
"2.26 Even if thou thinkest of It as constantly being born, constantly dying, even then, O Mighty Man, thou still hast no cause to grieve." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.26'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 Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya28.69°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra129.29°SiṃhaMaghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala97.65°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha50.33°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati269.00°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra21.29°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शनि Śani127.59°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:12 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:21 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:28 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:29 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 09 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 50 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:51 – 06:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:21 – 07:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta17:09 – 17:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:21 – 17:46
Amṛta Kāla17:06 – 18:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:49 – 16:05
Yamaganda09:44 – 11:00
Gulika Kāla12:16 – 13:33
Varjyam07:37 – 07:53
Dur Muhūrta 09:34 – 09:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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):
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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:12 – 08:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:28 – 09:44 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:44 – 11:00 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:00 – 12:16 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:16 – 13:33 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:33 – 14:49 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:49 – 16:05 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:05 – 17:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:21 – 19:05 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:05 – 20:49 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:49 – 22:33 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:33 – 00:16 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:16 – 02:00 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:00 – 03:44 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:44 – 05:28 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:28 – 07:12 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Maghā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866134.27
Julian Day2454599.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9698°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)97.70°
🪷 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 18.43°, EoT 3.75 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: 2008-05-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)