पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · August 16, 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 7.6 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय।

अहं कृत्स्नस्य जगतः प्रभवः प्रलयस्तथा।।7.6।।
"7.6 It is the womb of all being; for I am He by Whom the worlds were created and shall be dissolved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla 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)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya119.53°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra269.82°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala221.46°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha146.71°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati150.27°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra138.48°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani225.51°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:03 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:45 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:11 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:39 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 41 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 18 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:38 – 06:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:10 – 07:03
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 14:54
Godhūli Muhūrta17:33 – 17:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:45 – 18:12
Amṛta Kāla17:30 – 19:15
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:05 – 16:25
Yamaganda09:44 – 11:04
Gulika Kāla12:24 – 13:44
Varjyam07:30 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:33 – 09:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:03 – 08:23 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:23 – 09:44 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:44 – 11:04 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:04 – 12:24 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:24 – 13:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:44 – 15:05 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:05 – 16:25 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:25 – 17:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:45 – 19:25 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:25 – 21:05 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:05 – 22:44 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:44 – 00:24 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:24 – 02:04 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:04 – 03:44 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:44 – 05:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:23 – 07:03 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869151.27
Julian Day2457616.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0852°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)149.90°
🪷 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 (24.0852°), declination 13.65°, EoT -3.97 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: 2016-08-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)