पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · February 16, 2011 CE

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

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.9 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
मच्चित्ता मद्गतप्राणा बोधयन्तः परस्परम्।

कथयन्तश्च मां नित्यं तुष्यन्ति च रमन्ति च।।10.9।।
"10.9 With minds concentrated on Me, with lives absorbed in Me, and enlightening each other, they ever feel content and happy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya303.00°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra91.07°KarkaPunarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala300.31°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha295.63°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati340.89°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra259.33°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani172.60°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:51 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:19 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:33 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:21 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 28 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 31 Mins 54 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:03 – 04:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:43 – 05:51
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:49 – 15:43
Godhūli Muhūrta19:07 – 19:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:19 – 19:52
Amṛta Kāla19:04 – 20:49
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:35 – 14:16
Yamaganda07:32 – 09:13
Gulika Kāla10:54 – 12:35
Varjyam06:24 – 06:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:59 – 09:26

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:51 – 07:32 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:32 – 09:13 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:13 – 10:54 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:54 – 12:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:35 – 14:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:16 – 15:57 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:57 – 17:38 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:38 – 19:19 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:19 – 20:38 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:38 – 21:57 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:57 – 23:16 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:16 – 00:35 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:35 – 01:54 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:54 – 03:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:13 – 04:32 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:32 – 05:51 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Trayodaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867143.27
Julian Day2455608.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0084°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)148.77°
🪷 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 (24.0084°), declination -12.51°, EoT -14.54 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: 2011-02-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)