पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 14, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.8 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः।

प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु।।7.8।।
"7.8 O Arjuna! I am the Fluidity in water, the Light in the sun and in the moon. I am the mystic syllable Om in the Vedic scriptures, the Sound in ether, the Virility in man." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya238.44°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra77.63°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala236.02°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha248.47°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati271.42°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra282.91°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani147.29°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:53 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:38 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:46 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:19 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 45 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 14 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:55 – 03:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:39 – 04:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:43 – 15:42
Godhūli Muhūrta19:26 – 19:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:38 – 20:15
Amṛta Kāla19:23 – 21:08
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:45

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:48 – 19:38
Yamaganda12:16 – 14:06
Gulika Kāla15:57 – 17:48
Varjyam05:30 – 05:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:19 – 08:49

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:53 – 06:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:44 – 08:34 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:34 – 10:25 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:25 – 12:16 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:16 – 14:06 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:06 – 15:57 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:57 – 17:48 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:48 – 19:38 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:38 – 20:48 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:48 – 21:57 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:57 – 23:06 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:06 – 00:16 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:16 – 01:25 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:25 – 02:34 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:34 – 03:44 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:44 – 04:53 (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)1866349.27
Julian Day2454814.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9781°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)197.50°
🪷 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 (23.9781°), declination -23.22°, EoT 4.64 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: 2008-12-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)