पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 8, 2011 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.53 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं परिग्रहम्।विमुच्य निर्ममः शान्तो ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते।।18.53।।
"18.53 Having abandoned selfishness, power, arrogance, anger and desire, possessing nothing of his own and having attained peace, he is fit to join the Eternal Spirit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.53's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya231.56°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra23.07°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala138.06°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha222.95°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.75°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra260.10°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani182.11°TulāCitrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:52 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:33 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:10 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:27 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 40 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 19 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:55 – 03:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:39 – 04:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:38
Godhūli Muhūrta19:21 – 19:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:33 – 20:10
Amṛta Kāla19:18 – 21:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:03 – 15:53
Yamaganda04:52 – 06:43
Gulika Kāla08:33 – 10:23
Varjyam05:29 – 05:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:18 – 08:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:52 – 06:43 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:43 – 08:33 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:33 – 10:23 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:23 – 12:13 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:13 – 14:03 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:03 – 15:53 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:53 – 17:43 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:43 – 19:33 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:33 – 20:43 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:43 – 21:53 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:53 – 23:03 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:03 – 00:13 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:13 – 01:23 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:23 – 02:33 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:33 – 03:43 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:43 – 04:52 (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 Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867438.27
Julian Day2455903.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0197°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)150.24°
🪷 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 (24.0197°), declination -22.66°, EoT 7.30 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: 2011-12-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)