पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 12, 2010 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.5 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन्मुक्त्वा कलेवरम्।

यः प्रयाति स मद्भावं याति नास्त्यत्र संशयः।।8.5।।
"8.5 Whosoever at the time of death thinks only of Me, and thinking thus leaves the body and goes forth, assuredly he will know Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2067 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1932 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1417
Malayalam Era: 1186
Nanakshahi: 541
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya235.88°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra309.14°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala248.92°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha251.71°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati330.48°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra192.51°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani171.20°KanyāHasta 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)10:32 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:43 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 44 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 15 Mins 59 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:55 – 03:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:39 – 04:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:42 – 15:41
Godhūli Muhūrta19:25 – 19:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:37 – 20:13
Amṛta Kāla19:22 – 21:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:46 – 19:37
Yamaganda12:15 – 14:05
Gulika Kāla15:56 – 17:46
Varjyam05:29 – 05:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:19 – 08:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (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 · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

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 – 14:05 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:05 – 15:56 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:56 – 17:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:46 – 19:37 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:37 – 20:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:46 – 21:56 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:56 – 23:05 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:05 – 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 Year5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867077.27
Julian Day2455542.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0059°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)74.70°
🪷 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 (24.0059°), declination -23.05°, EoT 5.54 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: 2010-12-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)