पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · August 31, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: सुब्रह्मण्य षष्ठी — Subrahmaṇya Ṣaṣṭhī
Worship of Kārttikeya as Subrahmaṇya.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.38 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति।

अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि।।6.38।।
"6.38 Having failed in both, my Lord, is he without hope, like a riven cloud having no support, lost on the spiritual road?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya133.52°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra194.41°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala206.71°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha152.29°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati105.18°KarkaPuṣya P4
शुक्र Śukra118.77°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani203.69°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:43 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:57 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:35 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:12 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 13 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 46 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:13 – 05:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:47 – 06:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:45 – 18:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:57 – 18:25
Amṛta Kāla17:42 – 19:27
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:33 – 17:57
Yamaganda12:20 – 13:44
Gulika Kāla15:08 – 16:33
Varjyam07:11 – 07:29
Dur Muhūrta 09:20 – 09:43

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:43 – 08:07 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:07 – 09:32 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:32 – 10:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:56 – 12:20 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:20 – 13:44 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:44 – 15:08 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:08 – 16:33 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:33 – 17:57 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:57 – 19:33 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:33 – 21:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:08 – 22:44 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:44 – 00:20 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:20 – 01:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:56 – 03:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:32 – 05:07 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:07 – 06:43 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868435.27
Julian Day2456900.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0578°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)64.58°
🪷 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 (24.0578°), declination 8.73°, EoT 0.15 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: 2014-08-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)