पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · February 28, 2009 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.26 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति।

तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः।।9.26।।
"9.26 Whatever a man offers to Me, whether it be a leaf, or a flower, or fruit, or water, I accept it, for it is offered with devotion and purity of mind." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya315.60°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra351.08°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala294.10°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha292.74°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati288.93°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शुक्र Śukra350.55°MīnaRevatī P2
शनि Śani144.89°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:04 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:03 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:33 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:11 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:40 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 58 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 01 Mins 29 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:20 – 05:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:59 – 06:04
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 12:59
Vijaya Muhūrta14:43 – 15:35
Godhūli Muhūrta18:51 – 19:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:03 – 19:35
Amṛta Kāla18:48 – 20:33
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 00:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:19 – 10:56
Yamaganda14:11 – 15:48
Gulika Kāla06:04 – 07:41
Varjyam06:37 – 06:57
Dur Muhūrta 09:06 – 09:32

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:04 – 07:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:41 – 09:19 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:19 – 10:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:56 – 12:33 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:33 – 14:11 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:11 – 15:48 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:48 – 17:25 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:25 – 19:03 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:03 – 20:25 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:25 – 21:48 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:48 – 23:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:11 – 00:33 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:33 – 01:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:56 – 03:19 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:19 – 04:41 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:41 – 06:04 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866425.27
Julian Day2454890.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9810°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)36.18°
🪷 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 (23.9810°), declination -7.98°, EoT -13.22 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: 2009-02-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)