पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 3, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.26 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते।

एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः।।8.26।।
"8.26 These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoso takes the former, returns not; he who chooses the latter, returns.*" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya227.24°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra95.48°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala257.98°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha206.69°TulāViśākhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati46.88°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra199.42°TulāSvātī P4
शनि Śani192.53°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:52 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:29 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:27 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:20 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 36 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 23 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:55 – 03:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:39 – 04:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:37 – 15:35
Godhūli Muhūrta19:17 – 19:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:29 – 20:06
Amṛta Kāla19:14 – 20:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:42 – 08:32
Yamaganda10:21 – 12:11
Gulika Kāla14:00 – 15:50
Varjyam05:29 – 05:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:17 – 08:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:52 – 06:42 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:42 – 08:32 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:32 – 10:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:21 – 12:11 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:11 – 14:00 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:00 – 15:50 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:50 – 17:40 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:40 – 19:29 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:29 – 20:40 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:40 – 21:50 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:50 – 23:00 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:00 – 00:11 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:11 – 01:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:21 – 02:32 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:32 – 03:42 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:42 – 04:52 (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 Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867799.27
Julian Day2456264.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0335°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)232.01°
🪷 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 (24.0335°), declination -22.13°, EoT 9.36 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: 2012-12-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)