पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · October 5, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.26 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते।

एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः।।8.26।।
"8.26 These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoso takes the former, returns not; he who chooses the latter, returns.*" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla 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)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya168.15°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra212.24°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala250.86°DhanuMūla P4
बुध Budha152.07°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati160.86°KanyāHasta P1
शुक्र Śukra199.61°TulāSvātī P4
शनि Śani227.64°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:48 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:27 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:58 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:11 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 38 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 21 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:07 – 04:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:45 – 05:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta18:15 – 18:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:27 – 18:59
Amṛta Kāla18:12 – 19:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:33

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:08 – 13:43
Yamaganda07:23 – 08:58
Gulika Kāla10:33 – 12:08
Varjyam06:20 – 06:40
Dur Muhūrta 08:45 – 09:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:48 – 07:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:23 – 08:58 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:58 – 10:33 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:33 – 12:08 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:08 – 13:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:43 – 15:17 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:17 – 16:52 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:52 – 18:27 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:27 – 19:52 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:52 – 21:17 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:17 – 22:43 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:43 – 00:08 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:08 – 01:33 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:33 – 02:58 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:58 – 04:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:23 – 05:48 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869201.27
Julian Day2457666.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0871°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)47.95°
🪷 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 (24.0871°), declination -4.84°, EoT 12.39 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: 2016-10-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)