पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · February 24, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: होलिका दहन — Holikā Dahana
Burning of Holikā; Prahlāda saved by Hari. Eve of Holi.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.5 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga🪷 Paśya Me Pārtha Rūpāṇi · Behold My Forms
श्री भगवानुवाच

पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः।

नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च।।11.5।।
"11.5 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Behold, O Arjuna! My celestial forms, by hundred and thousands, various in kind, in colour and in shape." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.5'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 Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya311.55°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra109.94°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala323.12°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha325.69°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati42.87°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra303.24°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani197.21°TulāSvātī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:00 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:08 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:58 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:17 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:15 – 05:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:54 – 06:00
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 13:00
Vijaya Muhūrta14:45 – 15:38
Godhūli Muhūrta18:56 – 19:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:08 – 19:41
Amṛta Kāla18:53 – 20:38
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 01:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:30 – 19:08
Yamaganda12:34 – 14:12
Gulika Kāla15:51 – 17:30
Varjyam06:33 – 06:54
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:00 – 07:38 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:38 – 09:17 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:17 – 10:55 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:55 – 12:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:34 – 14:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:12 – 15:51 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:51 – 17:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:30 – 19:08 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:08 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:30 – 21:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:51 – 23:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:12 – 00:34 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:34 – 01:55 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:55 – 03:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:17 – 04:38 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:38 – 06:00 (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 Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867882.27
Julian Day2456347.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0367°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)157.42°
🪷 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 (24.0367°), declination -9.46°, EoT -13.84 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: 2013-02-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)