पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · March 6, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.4 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते।

न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति।।3.4।।
"3.4 No man can attain freedom from activity by refraining from action; nor can he reach perfection by merely refusing to act." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya321.82°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra280.87°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala215.66°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha306.74°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati143.83°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra297.82°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani231.80°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:11 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:54 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:43 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:54 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 43 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 16 Mins 50 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:29 – 05:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:07 – 06:11
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 12:58
Vijaya Muhūrta14:39 – 15:30
Godhūli Muhūrta18:42 – 19:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:54 – 19:26
Amṛta Kāla18:39 – 20:24
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 00:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:18 – 18:54
Yamaganda12:32 – 14:08
Gulika Kāla15:43 – 17:18
Varjyam06:42 – 07:03
Dur Muhūrta 09:09 – 09:34

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:11 – 07:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:46 – 09:21 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:21 – 10:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:57 – 12:32 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:32 – 14:08 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:08 – 15:43 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:43 – 17:18 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:18 – 18:54 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:54 – 20:18 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:18 – 21:43 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:43 – 23:08 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:08 – 00:32 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:32 – 01:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:57 – 03:21 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:21 – 04:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:46 – 06:11 (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 Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868988.27
Julian Day2457453.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0790°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)319.80°
🪷 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 (24.0790°), declination -5.56°, EoT -12.00 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: 2016-03-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)