पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · March 5, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.16 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः।

उभयोरपि दृष्टोऽन्तस्त्वनयोस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः।।2.16।।
"2.16 That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya320.84°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra96.93°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala138.94°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha338.82°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati13.57°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra5.38°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शनि Śani184.64°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:10 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:55 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:39 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:35 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 45 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 14 Mins 19 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:27 – 05:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:06 – 06:10
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 12:58
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta18:43 – 19:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:55 – 19:27
Amṛta Kāla18:40 – 20:25
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 00:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:45 – 09:21
Yamaganda10:57 – 12:32
Gulika Kāla14:08 – 15:44
Varjyam06:41 – 07:02
Dur Muhūrta 09:08 – 09:34

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:10 – 07:45 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:45 – 09:21 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:21 – 10:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:57 – 12:32 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:32 – 14:08 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:08 – 15:44 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:44 – 17:20 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:20 – 18:55 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:55 – 20:20 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:20 – 21:44 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:44 – 23:08 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:08 – 00:32 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:32 – 01:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:57 – 03:21 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:21 – 04:45 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:45 – 06:10 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867526.27
Julian Day2455991.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0231°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)136.64°
🪷 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 (24.0231°), declination -5.96°, EoT -12.23 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: 2012-03-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)