पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · November 24, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: गीता जयन्ती — Gītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
Day Bhagavad Gītā was delivered at Kurukṣetra (Mahābhārata Day 1).
Historical anchor: Bhagavad Gītā delivered at Kurukṣetra (Mahābhārata Day 1) (Kurukṣetra) — -3137-10-04 →

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।

रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya218.13°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
चन्द्र Candra348.23°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala251.10°DhanuMūla P4
बुध Budha204.74°TulāViśākhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati48.10°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra188.26°TulāSvātī P1
शनि Śani191.54°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:55 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:20 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:00 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:36 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 25 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 34 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:00 – 03:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:43 – 04:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:32 – 15:29
Godhūli Muhūrta19:08 – 19:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:20 – 19:56
Amṛta Kāla19:05 – 20:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:31 – 10:19
Yamaganda13:56 – 15:44
Gulika Kāla04:55 – 06:43
Varjyam05:31 – 05:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:17 – 08:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (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):
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:55 – 06:43 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:43 – 08:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:31 – 10:19 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:19 – 12:08 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:08 – 13:56 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:56 – 15:44 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:44 – 17:32 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:32 – 19:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:20 – 20:32 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:32 – 21:44 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:44 – 22:56 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:56 – 00:08 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:08 – 01:19 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:19 – 02:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:31 – 03:43 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:43 – 04:55 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867790.27
Julian Day2456255.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0332°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)127.84°
🪷 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 (24.0332°), declination -20.59°, EoT 12.55 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: 2012-11-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)