पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · February 14, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.55 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

प्रजहाति यदा कामान् सर्वान् पार्थ मनोगतान्।

आत्मन्येवात्मना तुष्टः स्थितप्रज्ञस्तदोच्यते।।2.55।।
"2.55 Lord Shri Krishna replied: When a man has given up the desires of his heart and is satisfied with the Self alone, be sure that he has reached the highest state." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.55's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya300.69°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra13.90°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala206.89°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha275.82°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati146.36°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra271.83°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani230.78°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:48 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:21 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:10 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:45 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 33 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 26 Mins 50 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:00 – 04:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:40 – 05:48
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:50 – 15:44
Godhūli Muhūrta19:09 – 19:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:21 – 19:55
Amṛta Kāla19:06 – 20:51
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:40 – 19:21
Yamaganda12:35 – 14:16
Gulika Kāla15:58 – 17:40
Varjyam06:22 – 06:44
Dur Muhūrta 08:58 – 09:25

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:48 – 07:30 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:30 – 09:11 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:11 – 10:53 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:53 – 12:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:35 – 14:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:16 – 15:58 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:58 – 17:40 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:40 – 19:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:21 – 20:40 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:40 – 21:58 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:58 – 23:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:16 – 00:35 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:35 – 01:53 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:53 – 03:11 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:11 – 04:30 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:30 – 05:48 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868967.27
Julian Day2457432.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0782°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)70.75°
🪷 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 (24.0782°), declination -13.26°, EoT -14.59 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: 2016-02-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)