पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 11, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.37 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान्।

स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव।।1.37।।
"1.37 We are worthy of a nobler feat than to slaughter our relatives - the sons of Dhritarashtra; for, my Lord, how can we be happy of we kill our kinsmen?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.37'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 Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya234.58°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra230.03°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala172.35°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha247.20°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati147.20°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra192.62°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani224.46°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:53 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:36 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:38 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:14 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 43 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 16 Mins 46 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:55 – 03:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:39 – 04:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:40
Godhūli Muhūrta19:24 – 19:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:36 – 20:13
Amṛta Kāla19:21 – 21:06
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:24 – 12:14
Yamaganda15:55 – 17:45
Gulika Kāla06:43 – 08:33
Varjyam05:29 – 05:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:19 – 08:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:53 – 06:43 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:43 – 08:33 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:33 – 10:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:24 – 12:14 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:14 – 14:05 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:05 – 15:55 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:55 – 17:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:45 – 19:36 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:36 – 20:45 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:45 – 21:55 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:55 – 23:05 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:05 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:14 – 01:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:24 – 02:33 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:33 – 03:43 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:43 – 04:53 (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 + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868902.27
Julian Day2457367.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0757°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)354.76°
🪷 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 (24.0757°), declination -22.95°, EoT 5.99 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: 2015-12-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)