पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · February 18, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.41 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
यद्यद्विभूतिमत्सत्त्वं श्रीमदूर्जितमेव वा।

तत्तदेवावगच्छ त्वं मम तेजोंऽशसंभवम्।।10.41।।
"10.41 Whatever is glorious, excellent, beautiful and mighty, be assured that it comes from a fragment of My splendour." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya305.51°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra37.48°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala318.41°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
बुध Budha323.34°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati42.45°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra295.74°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani197.23°TulāSvātī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:53 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:16 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:47 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:38 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 22 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 37 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:06 – 05:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:47 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:48 – 15:42
Godhūli Muhūrta19:04 – 19:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:16 – 19:49
Amṛta Kāla19:01 – 20:46
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 01:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:34 – 09:14
Yamaganda10:54 – 12:35
Gulika Kāla14:15 – 15:55
Varjyam06:27 – 06:48
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:53 – 07:34 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:34 – 09:14 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:14 – 10:54 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:54 – 12:35 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:35 – 14:15 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:15 – 15:55 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:55 – 17:35 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:35 – 19:16 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:16 – 20:35 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:35 – 21:55 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:55 – 23:15 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:15 – 00:35 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:35 – 01:54 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:54 – 03:14 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:14 – 04:34 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:34 – 05:53 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī + Kṛttikā)
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867876.27
Julian Day2456341.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0365°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)91.40°
🪷 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 (24.0365°), declination -11.63°, EoT -14.43 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: 2013-02-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)