पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · October 20, 2011 CE

🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.4 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
निश्चयं श्रृणु मे तत्र त्यागे भरतसत्तम।त्यागो हि पुरुषव्याघ्र त्रिविधः संप्रकीर्तितः।।18.4।।
"18.4 O best of Indians! Listen to my judgment as regards this problem. It has a threefold aspect." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya182.28°TulāCitrā P3
चन्द्र Candra91.06°KarkaPunarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala113.98°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha195.98°TulāSvātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati12.35°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra199.26°TulāSvātī P4
शनि Śani176.65°KanyāCitrā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:28 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:41 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:06 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:53 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 12 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 47 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:43 – 04:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:22 – 05:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:29 – 18:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:41 – 19:14
Amṛta Kāla18:26 – 20:11
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:31

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:44 – 15:23
Yamaganda05:28 – 07:07
Gulika Kāla08:46 – 10:25
Varjyam06:01 – 06:22
Dur Muhūrta 08:33 – 09:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:28 – 07:07 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:07 – 08:46 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:46 – 10:25 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:25 – 12:04 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:04 – 13:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:44 – 15:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:23 – 17:02 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:02 – 18:41 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:41 – 20:02 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:02 – 21:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:23 – 22:44 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:44 – 00:04 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:04 – 01:25 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:25 – 02:46 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:46 – 04:07 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:07 – 05:28 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Puṣya alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867389.27
Julian Day2455854.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0178°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)272.83°
🪷 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 (24.0178°), declination -10.15°, EoT 15.70 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: 2011-10-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)