पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · February 22, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: सीताष्टमी — Sītāṣṭamī
Birth-anniversary of Sītā per Phālguna-Kṛṣṇa-Aṣṭamī tradition.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.34 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम्।

संभावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते।।2.34।।
"2.34 Men will talk forever of thy disgrace; and to the noble, dishonour is worse than death." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya309.28°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra210.77°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala182.86°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha296.45°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati75.98°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra266.78°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani208.95°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:58 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:11 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:55 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:05 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:12 – 05:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:51 – 05:58
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:46 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta18:59 – 19:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:11 – 19:44
Amṛta Kāla18:56 – 20:41
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 01:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:16 – 10:55
Yamaganda14:13 – 15:53
Gulika Kāla05:58 – 07:37
Varjyam06:31 – 06:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:29

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:58 – 07:37 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:37 – 09:16 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:16 – 10:55 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:55 – 12:34 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:34 – 14:13 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:13 – 15:53 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:53 – 17:32 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:32 – 19:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:11 – 20:32 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:32 – 21:53 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:53 – 23:13 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:13 – 00:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:34 – 01:55 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:55 – 03:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:16 – 04:37 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:37 – 05:58 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Anurādhā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868245.27
Julian Day2456710.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0506°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)264.62°
🪷 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 (24.0506°), declination -10.28°, EoT -14.08 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: 2014-02-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)