पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · July 31, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.37 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

अयतिः श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानसः।

अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति।।6.37।।
"6.37 Arjuna asked: He who fails to control himself, whose mind falls from spiritual contemplation, who attains not perfection but retains his faith, what of him, my Lord?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya104.19°KarkaPuṣya P4
चन्द्र Candra68.14°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala214.79°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha126.11°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati147.20°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra118.83°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani225.65°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:21 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:32 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:17 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:47 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 10 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 49 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:59 – 06:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:30 – 07:21
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta17:20 – 17:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:32 – 17:57
Amṛta Kāla17:17 – 19:02
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:47

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:15 – 17:32
Yamaganda12:26 – 13:43
Gulika Kāla14:59 – 16:15
Varjyam07:46 – 08:02
Dur Muhūrta 09:43 – 10:04

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:21 – 08:37 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:37 – 09:53 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:53 – 11:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:10 – 12:26 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:26 – 13:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:43 – 14:59 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:59 – 16:15 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:15 – 17:32 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:32 – 19:15 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:15 – 20:59 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:59 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:43 – 00:26 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:26 – 02:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:10 – 03:53 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:53 – 05:37 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:37 – 07:21 (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 Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869135.27
Julian Day2457600.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0846°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)325.17°
🪷 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 (24.0846°), declination 18.19°, EoT -6.07 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: 2016-07-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)