पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 16, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: अङ्गारक चतुर्थी — Aṅgāraka Caturthī (Tuesday Caturthī)
Tuesday-Caturthī (rare); supremely auspicious for Maṅgala-doṣa-nivāraṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.10 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां विद्धि पार्थ सनातनम्।

बुद्धिर्बुद्धिमतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम्।।7.10।।
"7.10 Know, O Arjuna, that I am the eternal Seed of being; I am the Intelligence of the intelligent, the Splendour of the resplendent." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya240.47°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra107.39°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala237.50°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha251.61°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati271.86°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra285.21°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani147.35°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:53 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:40 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:17 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:31 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 46 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 13 Mins 51 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:55 – 03:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:40 – 04:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:44 – 15:43
Godhūli Muhūrta19:28 – 19:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:40 – 20:16
Amṛta Kāla19:25 – 21:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:58 – 17:49
Yamaganda08:35 – 10:26
Gulika Kāla12:16 – 14:07
Varjyam05:30 – 05:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:20 – 08:50

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 Roga04:53 – 06:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:44 – 08:35 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:35 – 10:26 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:26 – 12:16 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:16 – 14:07 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:07 – 15:58 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:58 – 17:49 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:49 – 19:40 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:40 – 20:49 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:49 – 21:58 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:58 – 23:07 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:07 – 00:16 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:16 – 01:26 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:26 – 02:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:35 – 03:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:44 – 04:53 (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 Time

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866351.27
Julian Day2454816.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9781°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)224.13°
🪷 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 -23.32°, EoT 3.72 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: 2008-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)