पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 8, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.34 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
आचार्याः पितरः पुत्रास्तथैव च पितामहाः।

मातुलाः श्वशुराः पौत्राः श्यालाः सम्बन्धिनस्तथा।।1.34।।
"1.34 Teachers, fathers and grandfathers, sons and grandsons, uncles, father-in-law, brothers-in-law and other relatives." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya231.53°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra192.78°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala170.60°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha242.56°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati146.93°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra189.08°TulāSvātī P1
शनि Śani224.10°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:52 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:33 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:51 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:25 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 40 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 19 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:55 – 03:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:39 – 04:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:38
Godhūli Muhūrta19:21 – 19:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:33 – 20:10
Amṛta Kāla19:18 – 21:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:53 – 17:43
Yamaganda08:33 – 10:23
Gulika Kāla12:13 – 14:03
Varjyam05:29 – 05:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:18 – 08:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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 Roga04:52 – 06:43 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:43 – 08:33 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:33 – 10:23 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:23 – 12:13 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:13 – 14:03 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:03 – 15:53 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:53 – 17:43 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:43 – 19:33 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:33 – 20:43 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:43 – 21:53 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:53 – 23:03 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:03 – 00:13 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:13 – 01:23 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:23 – 02:33 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:33 – 03:43 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:43 – 04:52 (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 Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868899.27
Julian Day2457364.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0756°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)320.12°
🪷 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 (24.0756°), declination -22.66°, EoT 7.30 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: 2015-12-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)