पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · November 18, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: सफला एकादशी — Saphalā Ekādaśī
Renders all undertakings fruitful (saphala).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.12 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतसः।

राक्षसीमासुरीं चैव प्रकृतिं मोहिनीं श्रिताः।।9.12।।
"9.12 Their hopes are vain, their actions worthless, their knowledge futile; they are without sense, deceitful, barbarous and godless." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya211.55°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
चन्द्र Candra158.76°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala262.69°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha199.69°TulāSvātī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.11°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra217.33°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शनि Śani211.58°VṛścikaViśākhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:59 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:13 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:28 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:41 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 14 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 45 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:05 – 04:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:48 – 04:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta19:01 – 19:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:13 – 19:49
Amṛta Kāla18:58 – 20:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:40 – 17:26
Yamaganda08:32 – 10:19
Gulika Kāla12:06 – 13:53
Varjyam05:34 – 05:57
Dur Muhūrta 08:18 – 08:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga04:59 – 06:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:46 – 08:32 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:32 – 10:19 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:19 – 12:06 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:06 – 13:53 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:53 – 15:40 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:40 – 17:26 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:26 – 19:13 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:13 – 20:26 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:26 – 21:40 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:40 – 22:53 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:53 – 00:06 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:06 – 01:19 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:19 – 02:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:32 – 03:46 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:46 – 04:59 (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 Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868514.27
Julian Day2456979.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0609°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)306.85°
🪷 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 (24.0609°), declination -19.16°, EoT 14.21 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: 2014-11-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)