पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · March 20, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.3 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते।सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यं च कूटस्थमचलं ध्रुवम्।।12.3।।
"12.3 Those who worship Me as the Indestructible, the Undefinable, the Omnipresent, the Unthinkable, the Primeval, the Immutable and the Eternal;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya335.05°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra329.93°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala356.99°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha316.45°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati108.35°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra8.89°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शनि Śani220.61°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:23 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:34 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:57 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:18 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 10 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 49 Mins 22 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:46 – 05:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:22 – 06:23
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta18:22 – 18:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:34 – 19:04
Amṛta Kāla18:19 – 20:04
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:57 – 12:28
Yamaganda15:31 – 17:02
Gulika Kāla07:54 – 09:26
Varjyam06:53 – 07:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:38

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:23 – 07:54 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:54 – 09:26 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:26 – 10:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:57 – 12:28 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:28 – 14:00 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:00 – 15:31 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:31 – 17:02 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:02 – 18:34 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:34 – 20:02 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:02 – 21:31 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:31 – 23:00 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:00 – 00:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:28 – 01:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:57 – 03:26 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:26 – 04:54 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:54 – 06:23 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Pūrva Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868636.27
Julian Day2457101.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0655°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)355.26°
🪷 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 (24.0655°), declination -0.35°, EoT -8.15 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: 2015-03-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)