पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · May 21, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.34 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम्।

संभावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते।।2.34।।
"2.34 Men will talk forever of thy disgrace; and to the noble, dishonour is worse than death." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya36.40°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
चन्द्र Candra226.87°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala102.02°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha56.40°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati268.81°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra31.13°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
शनि Śani127.79°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:18 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:15 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:42 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:15 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 56 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 03 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:59 – 06:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:29 – 07:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:36
Godhūli Muhūrta17:03 – 17:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:15 – 17:40
Amṛta Kāla17:00 – 18:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:17 – 13:31
Yamaganda08:33 – 09:47
Gulika Kāla11:02 – 12:17
Varjyam07:43 – 07:59
Dur Muhūrta 09:38 – 09:57

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:18 – 08:33 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:33 – 09:47 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:47 – 11:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:02 – 12:17 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:17 – 13:31 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:31 – 14:46 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:46 – 16:00 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:00 – 17:15 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:15 – 19:00 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:00 – 20:46 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:46 – 22:31 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:31 – 00:17 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:17 – 02:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:02 – 03:47 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:47 – 05:33 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:33 – 07:18 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866142.27
Julian Day2454607.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9701°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)192.22°
🪷 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 (23.9701°), declination 20.23°, EoT 3.54 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: 2008-05-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)