पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · November 19, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.15 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
पाञ्चजन्यं हृषीकेशो देवदत्तं धनंजयः।

पौण्ड्रं दध्मौ महाशङ्खं भीमकर्मा वृकोदरः।।1.15।।
"1.15 Lord Shri Krishna blew his Panchajanya and Arjuna his Devadatta, brave Bheema his renowned shell, Poundra." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya212.30°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
चन्द्र Candra299.42°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala159.40°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha212.82°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.71°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra167.18°KanyāHasta P3
शनि Śani221.85°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:58 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:14 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:08 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:41 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 15 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 44 Mins 14 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:04 – 04:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:47 – 04:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta19:02 – 19:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:14 – 19:50
Amṛta Kāla18:59 – 20:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:53 – 15:40
Yamaganda04:58 – 06:45
Gulika Kāla08:32 – 10:19
Varjyam05:34 – 05:57
Dur Muhūrta 08:18 – 08:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:58 – 06:45 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:45 – 08:32 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:32 – 10:19 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:19 – 12:06 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:06 – 13:53 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:53 – 15:40 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:40 – 17:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:27 – 19:14 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:14 – 20:27 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:27 – 21:40 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:40 – 22:53 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:53 – 00:06 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:06 – 01:19 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:19 – 02:32 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:32 – 03:45 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:45 – 04:58 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868880.27
Julian Day2457345.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0749°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)89.64°
🪷 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 (24.0749°), declination -19.34°, EoT 13.96 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: 2015-11-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)