पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · April 22, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.21 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः।

स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते।।3.21।।
"3.21 For whatever a great man does, others imitate. People conform to the standard which he has set." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya7.79°MeṣaAśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra273.93°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala169.73°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha2.81°MeṣaAśvinī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati78.98°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra323.39°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani207.09°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:53 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:45 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:52 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:14 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 52 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 07 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:26 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:58 – 06:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:07 – 14:51
Godhūli Muhūrta17:33 – 17:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:45 – 18:12
Amṛta Kāla17:30 – 19:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:02 – 16:23
Yamaganda09:36 – 10:57
Gulika Kāla12:19 – 13:40
Varjyam07:20 – 07:37
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:53 – 08:14 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:14 – 09:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:36 – 10:57 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:57 – 12:19 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:19 – 13:40 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:40 – 15:02 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:02 – 16:23 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:23 – 17:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:45 – 19:23 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:23 – 21:02 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:02 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:40 – 00:19 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:19 – 01:57 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:57 – 03:36 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:36 – 05:14 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:14 – 06:53 (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 Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Uttara Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868304.27
Julian Day2456769.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0528°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)266.34°
🪷 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 (24.0528°), declination 12.11°, EoT 1.40 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: 2014-04-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)