पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · September 22, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.13 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन्।

यः प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम्।।8.13।।
"8.13 Repeating Om, the Symbol of Eternity, holding Me always in remembrance, he who thus leaves his body and goes forth reaches the Spirit Supreme." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya155.39°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra47.41°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala242.34°DhanuMūla P1
बुध Budha140.62°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati158.04°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra183.76°TulāCitrā P4
शनि Śani226.74°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:09 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:16 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:11 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:50 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 07 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 52 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:32 – 05:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:08 – 06:09
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 15:02
Godhūli Muhūrta18:04 – 18:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:16 – 18:46
Amṛta Kāla18:01 – 19:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:43 – 15:14
Yamaganda06:09 – 07:39
Gulika Kāla09:10 – 10:41
Varjyam06:39 – 06:58
Dur Muhūrta 08:58 – 09:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:09 – 07:39 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:39 – 09:10 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:10 – 10:41 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:41 – 12:12 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:12 – 13:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:43 – 15:14 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:14 – 16:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:45 – 18:16 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:16 – 19:45 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:45 – 21:14 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:14 – 22:43 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:43 – 00:12 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:12 – 01:41 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:41 – 03:10 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:10 – 04:39 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:39 – 06:09 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869188.27
Julian Day2457653.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0866°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)249.13°
🪷 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 (24.0866°), declination 0.21°, EoT 8.08 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: 2016-09-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)