पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · October 12, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.4 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च।

अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा।।7.4।।
"7.4 Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect and personality; this is the eightfold division of My Manifested Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya175.09°KanyāCitrā P1
चन्द्र Candra129.13°SiṃhaMaghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala219.31°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha195.27°TulāSvātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati51.90°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra136.07°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani186.43°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:38 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:34 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:32 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:33 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 55 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 04 Mins 37 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:55 – 04:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:34 – 05:38
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:22 – 18:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:34 – 19:06
Amṛta Kāla18:19 – 20:04
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:32

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:29 – 12:06
Yamaganda15:20 – 16:57
Gulika Kāla07:15 – 08:52
Varjyam06:11 – 06:31
Dur Muhūrta 08:39 – 09:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:38 – 07:15 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:15 – 08:52 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:52 – 10:29 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:29 – 12:06 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:06 – 13:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:43 – 15:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:20 – 16:57 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:57 – 18:34 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:34 – 19:57 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:57 – 21:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:20 – 22:43 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:43 – 00:06 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:06 – 01:29 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:29 – 02:52 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:52 – 04:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:15 – 05:38 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867747.27
Julian Day2456212.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0315°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)315.21°
🪷 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 (24.0315°), declination -7.49°, EoT 14.22 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: 2012-10-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)