पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · July 31, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: रक्षा बन्धन — Rakṣā Bandhana / Śrāvaṇa Pūrṇimā
Sister-brother bond; Brāhmaṇa Upākarma.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.10 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत्।उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम्।।17.10।।
"17.10 The Ignorant love food which is stale, not nourishing, putrid and corrupt, the leavings of others and unclean." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya103.48°KarkaPuṣya P4
चन्द्र Candra277.86°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala89.93°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha111.20°KarkaAśleṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati122.74°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शुक्र Śukra125.83°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शनि Śani214.00°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:21 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:31 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:56 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:12 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 09 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 50 Mins 22 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:00 – 06:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:31 – 07:21
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta17:19 – 17:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:31 – 17:56
Amṛta Kāla17:16 – 19:01
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:47

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:10 – 12:26
Yamaganda14:59 – 16:15
Gulika Kāla08:38 – 09:54
Varjyam07:47 – 08:03
Dur Muhūrta 09:44 – 10:04

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:21 – 08:38 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:38 – 09:54 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:54 – 11:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:10 – 12:26 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:26 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:42 – 14:59 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:59 – 16:15 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:15 – 17:31 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:31 – 19:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:15 – 20:59 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:59 – 22:42 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:42 – 00:26 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:26 – 02:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:10 – 03:54 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:54 – 05:38 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:38 – 07:21 (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 Śukla Pūrṇimā + Uttara Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868769.27
Julian Day2457234.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0706°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)173.31°
🪷 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 (24.0706°), declination 18.38°, EoT -6.07 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: 2015-07-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)