पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · July 9, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: आषाढ गुप्त नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Āṣāḍha Gupta Navrātri Start
Second Gupta Navrātri.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.3 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते नान्तो न चादिर्न च संप्रतिष्ठा।अश्वत्थमेनं सुविरूढमूल मसङ्गशस्त्रेण दृढेन छित्त्वा।।15.3।।
"15.3 In this world its true form is not known, neither its origin nor its end, and its strength is not understood., until the tree with its roots striking deep into the earth is hewn down by the sharp axe of non-attachment." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya82.97°MithunaPunarvasu P1
चन्द्र Candra91.07°KarkaPunarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala62.72°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha83.86°MithunaPunarvasu P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati68.41°MithunaĀrdrā P1
शुक्र Śukra109.50°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शनि Śani190.53°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:35 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:15 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:04 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:51 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 40 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 19 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:17 – 06:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:46 – 07:35
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta17:03 – 17:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:15 – 17:40
Amṛta Kāla17:00 – 18:45
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:50 – 16:03
Yamaganda10:00 – 11:12
Gulika Kāla12:25 – 13:38
Varjyam07:59 – 08:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:50 – 10:09

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:35 – 08:47 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:47 – 10:00 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:00 – 11:12 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:12 – 12:25 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:25 – 13:38 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:38 – 14:50 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:50 – 16:03 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:03 – 17:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:15 – 19:03 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:03 – 20:50 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:50 – 22:38 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:38 – 00:25 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:25 – 02:12 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:12 – 04:00 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:00 – 05:47 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:47 – 07:35 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pratipada + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868017.27
Julian Day2456482.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0419°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)9.60°
🪷 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 (24.0419°), declination 22.35°, EoT -4.83 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: 2013-07-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)