पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · August 1, 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 6.38 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति।

अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि।।6.38।।
"6.38 Having failed in both, my Lord, is he without hope, like a riven cloud having no support, lost on the spiritual road?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.38'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 Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya105.15°KarkaPuṣya P4
चन्द्र Candra82.07°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala215.15°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha127.64°SiṃhaMaghā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati147.39°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra120.06°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शनि Śani225.63°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:20 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:33 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:05 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:42 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 12 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 47 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:58 – 06:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:29 – 07:20
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta17:21 – 17:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:33 – 17:58
Amṛta Kāla17:18 – 19:03
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:47

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:36 – 09:53
Yamaganda11:10 – 12:26
Gulika Kāla13:43 – 14:59
Varjyam07:45 – 08:02
Dur Muhūrta 09:43 – 10:03

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
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 · 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 Amṛta07:20 – 08:36 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:36 – 09:53 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:53 – 11:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:10 – 12:26 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:26 – 13:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:43 – 14:59 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:59 – 16:16 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:16 – 17:33 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:33 – 19:16 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:16 – 20:59 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:59 – 22:43 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:43 – 00:26 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:26 – 02:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:10 – 03:53 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:53 – 05:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:36 – 07:20 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869136.27
Julian Day2457601.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0846°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)338.33°
🪷 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 17.94°, EoT -6.02 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: 2016-08-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)