पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 13, 2009 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.29 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
बुद्धेर्भेदं धृतेश्चैव गुणतस्त्रिविधं श्रृणु।प्रोच्यमानमशेषेण पृथक्त्वेन धनञ्जय।।18.29।।
"18.29 Reason and conviction are threefold, according to the Quality which is dominant. I will explain them fully and severally, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.29's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya237.16°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra197.17°TulāSvātī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala115.19°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha256.34°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati299.09°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra229.87°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani159.53°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:53 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:37 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:43 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:27 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 44 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 15 Mins 16 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:55 – 03:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:39 – 04:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:43 – 15:41
Godhūli Muhūrta19:25 – 19:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:37 – 20:14
Amṛta Kāla19:22 – 21:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:45

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:47 – 19:37
Yamaganda12:15 – 14:06
Gulika Kāla15:56 – 17:47
Varjyam05:30 – 05:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:19 – 08:49

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:53 – 06:43 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:43 – 08:34 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:34 – 10:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:24 – 12:15 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:15 – 14:06 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:06 – 15:56 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:56 – 17:47 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:47 – 19:37 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:37 – 20:47 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:47 – 21:56 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:56 – 23:06 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:06 – 00:15 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:15 – 01:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:24 – 02:34 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:34 – 03:43 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:43 – 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 Year5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866713.27
Julian Day2455178.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9920°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)319.34°
🪷 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 (23.9920°), declination -23.14°, EoT 5.09 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: 2009-12-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)