पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · April 7, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.6 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन्।

इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते।।3.6।।
"3.6 He who remains motionless, refusing to act, but all the while brooding over sensuous object, that deluded soul is simply a hypocrite." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya353.10°MīnaRevatī P2
चन्द्र Candra79.71°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala175.31°KanyāCitrā P1
बुध Budha334.64°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati77.28°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra307.01°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani208.02°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:39 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:06 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:22 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:57 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 26 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 33 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:08 – 05:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:42 – 06:39
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:03
Godhūli Muhūrta17:54 – 18:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:06 – 18:34
Amṛta Kāla17:51 – 19:36
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:05 – 09:31
Yamaganda10:57 – 12:23
Gulika Kāla13:48 – 15:14
Varjyam07:08 – 07:26
Dur Muhūrta 09:20 – 09:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:39 – 08:05 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:05 – 09:31 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:31 – 10:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:57 – 12:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:23 – 13:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:48 – 15:14 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:14 – 16:40 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:40 – 18:06 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:06 – 19:40 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:40 – 21:14 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:14 – 22:48 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:48 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:23 – 01:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:57 – 03:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:31 – 05:05 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:05 – 06:39 (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 + Ārdrā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868289.27
Julian Day2456754.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0523°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)86.22°
🪷 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 (24.0523°), declination 6.74°, EoT -2.49 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: 2014-04-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)