पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · March 4, 2010 CE

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

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.32 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च।

किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा।।1.32।।
"1.32 Ah my Lord! I crave not for victory, nor for the kingdom, nor for any pleasure. What were a kingdom or happiness or life to me," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.32's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2067 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1932 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1417
Malayalam Era: 1186
Nanakshahi: 541
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya319.35°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra185.35°TulāCitrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala96.46°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha310.18°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati316.83°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra331.54°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani158.44°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:08 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:57 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:33 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:58 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:15 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 49 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 10 Mins 36 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:25 – 05:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:04 – 06:08
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 12:58
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:32
Godhūli Muhūrta18:45 – 19:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:57 – 19:29
Amṛta Kāla18:42 – 20:27
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 00:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:09 – 15:45
Yamaganda06:08 – 07:44
Gulika Kāla09:20 – 10:56
Varjyam06:40 – 07:00
Dur Muhūrta 09:07 – 09:33

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:08 – 07:44 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:44 – 09:20 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:20 – 10:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:56 – 12:33 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:33 – 14:09 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:09 – 15:45 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:45 – 17:21 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:21 – 18:57 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:57 – 20:21 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:21 – 21:45 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:45 – 23:09 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:09 – 00:33 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:33 – 01:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:56 – 03:20 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:20 – 04:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:44 – 06:08 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866794.27
Julian Day2455259.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9951°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)224.26°
🪷 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 (23.9951°), declination -6.54°, EoT -12.45 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: 2010-03-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)