पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · September 16, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: महालय अमावस्या — Mahālaya Amāvasyā (Sarvapitṛ Amāvasyā)
Final day of Pitṛ-Pakṣa; tarpaṇa for all ancestors.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.25 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
शनैः शनैरुपरमेद् बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया।

आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत्।।6.25।।
"6.25 Little by little, by the help of his reason controlled by fortitude, let him attain peace; and, fixing his mind on the Self, let him not think of any other thing." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya149.55°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra148.88°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala201.22°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha154.08°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati51.46°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra106.13°KarkaPuṣya P4
शनि Śani183.47°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:18 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:11 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:17 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:06 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 52 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 07 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:43 – 05:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:19 – 06:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta17:59 – 18:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:11 – 18:40
Amṛta Kāla17:56 – 19:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:38

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:42 – 18:11
Yamaganda12:14 – 13:43
Gulika Kāla15:12 – 16:42
Varjyam06:48 – 07:07
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:28

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:18 – 07:47 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:47 – 09:16 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:16 – 10:45 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:45 – 12:14 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:14 – 13:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:43 – 15:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:12 – 16:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:42 – 18:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:11 – 19:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:42 – 21:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:12 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:43 – 00:14 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:14 – 01:45 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:45 – 03:16 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:16 – 04:47 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:47 – 06:18 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Uttara Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867721.27
Julian Day2456186.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0305°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)357.99°
🪷 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 (24.0305°), declination 2.55°, EoT 5.87 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: 2012-09-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)