पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · September 16, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.7 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु मामनुस्मर युध्य च।

मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्मामेवैष्यस्यसंशयम्।।8.7।।
"8.7 Therefore meditate always on Me, and fight; if thy mind and thy reason be fixed on Me, to Me shalt thou surely come." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya149.53°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra319.23°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala238.57°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha143.55°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati156.75°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra176.44°KanyāCitrā P1
शनि Śani226.40°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:18 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:11 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:10 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:57 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 52 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 07 Mins 19 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:43 – 05:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:19 – 06:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta17:59 – 18:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:11 – 18:40
Amṛta Kāla17:56 – 19:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:38

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:45 – 12:14
Yamaganda15:12 – 16:42
Gulika Kāla07:47 – 09:16
Varjyam06:48 – 07:07
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:28

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:18 – 07:47 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:47 – 09:16 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:16 – 10:45 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:45 – 12:14 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:14 – 13:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:43 – 15:12 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:12 – 16:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:42 – 18:11 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:11 – 19:42 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:42 – 21:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:12 – 22:43 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:43 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:14 – 01:45 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:45 – 03:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:16 – 04:47 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:47 – 06:18 (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 Pūrṇimā + Śatabhiṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869182.27
Julian Day2457647.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0864°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)169.01°
🪷 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 (24.0864°), declination 2.54°, EoT 5.87 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: 2016-09-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)