पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · July 16, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.21 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
बाह्यस्पर्शेष्वसक्तात्मा विन्दत्यात्मनि यत्सुखम्।

स ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मा सुखमक्षयमश्नुते।।5.21।।
"5.21 He finds happiness in his own Self, and enjoys eternal bliss, whose heart does not yearn for the contacts of earth and whose Self is one with the Everlasting." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya89.40°MithunaPunarvasu P3
चन्द्र Candra319.63°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala180.68°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha68.64°MithunaĀrdrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati95.15°KarkaPuṣya P1
शुक्र Śukra62.68°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
शनि Śani202.37°TulāViśākhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:32 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:20 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:24 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:10 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 47 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 12 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:14 – 06:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:43 – 07:32
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:04 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:08 – 17:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:20 – 17:44
Amṛta Kāla17:05 – 18:50
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:45

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:26 – 13:39
Yamaganda08:45 – 09:59
Gulika Kāla11:12 – 12:26
Varjyam07:56 – 08:12
Dur Muhūrta 09:49 – 10:09

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:32 – 08:45 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:45 – 09:59 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:59 – 11:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:12 – 12:26 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:26 – 13:39 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:39 – 14:53 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:53 – 16:06 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:06 – 17:20 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:20 – 19:06 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:06 – 20:53 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:53 – 22:39 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:39 – 00:26 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:26 – 02:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:12 – 03:59 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:59 – 05:45 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:45 – 07:32 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868389.27
Julian Day2456854.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0561°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)227.25°
🪷 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 (24.0561°), declination 21.40°, EoT -5.68 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: 2014-07-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)