पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · February 19, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.60 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः।

इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः।।2.60।।
"2.60 O Arjuna! The mind of him, who is trying to conquer it, is forcibly carried away in spite of his efforts, by his tumultuous senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.60'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 Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya305.74°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra82.23°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala209.14°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha282.42°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati145.82°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra278.01°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani231.08°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:54 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:15 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:52 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:29 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 21 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 38 Mins 22 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:07 – 05:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:47 – 05:54
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:48 – 15:42
Godhūli Muhūrta19:03 – 19:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:15 – 19:49
Amṛta Kāla19:00 – 20:45
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 01:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:54 – 12:35
Yamaganda15:55 – 17:35
Gulika Kāla07:34 – 09:14
Varjyam06:27 – 06:48
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:54 – 07:34 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:34 – 09:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:14 – 10:54 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:54 – 12:35 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:35 – 14:15 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:15 – 15:55 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:55 – 17:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:35 – 19:15 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:15 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:35 – 21:55 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:55 – 23:15 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:15 – 00:35 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:35 – 01:54 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:54 – 03:14 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:14 – 04:34 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:34 – 05:54 (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 Dvādaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868972.27
Julian Day2457437.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0784°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)135.86°
🪷 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 (24.0784°), declination -11.53°, EoT -14.37 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: 2016-02-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)