पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · March 17, 2010 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.45 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम्।

यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः।।1.45।।
"1.45 Alas, it is strange that we should be willing to kill our own countrymen and commit a great sin, in order to enjoy the pleasures of a kingdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.45's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2067 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1932 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1417
Malayalam Era: 1186
Nanakshahi: 541
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya332.34°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra345.38°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala96.43°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha334.51°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati319.95°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra347.70°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani157.46°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:20 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:38 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:30 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:13 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 17 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 42 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:42 – 05:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:19 – 06:20
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:54
Vijaya Muhūrta14:32 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta18:26 – 18:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:38 – 19:09
Amṛta Kāla18:23 – 20:08
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:54

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:29 – 14:01
Yamaganda07:53 – 09:25
Gulika Kāla10:57 – 12:29
Varjyam06:51 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:37

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:20 – 07:53 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:53 – 09:25 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:25 – 10:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:57 – 12:29 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:29 – 14:01 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:01 – 15:34 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:34 – 17:06 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:06 – 18:38 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:38 – 20:06 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:06 – 21:34 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:34 – 23:01 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:01 – 00:29 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:29 – 01:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:57 – 03:25 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:25 – 04:53 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:53 – 06:20 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866807.27
Julian Day2455272.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9956°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)14.11°
🪷 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 (23.9956°), declination -1.46°, EoT -9.06 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: 2010-03-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)