पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · March 24, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: पापमोचनी एकादशी — Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī
Removes mahā-pātakas (great sins).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.17 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
अविभक्तं च भूतेषु विभक्तमिव च स्थितम्।भूतभर्तृ च तज्ज्ञेयं ग्रसिष्णु प्रभविष्णु च।।13.17।।
"13.17 In all beings undivided, yet living in division, It is the upholder of all, Creator and Destroyer alike;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya339.50°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra287.81°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala15.71°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha354.87°MīnaRevatī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati175.56°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra341.58°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani243.38°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:27 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:27 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:27 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:01 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:59 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 59 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 00 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:51 – 05:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:27 – 06:27
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta18:15 – 18:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:27 – 18:57
Amṛta Kāla18:12 – 19:57
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:57 – 12:27
Yamaganda15:27 – 16:57
Gulika Kāla07:57 – 09:27
Varjyam06:57 – 07:16
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:27 – 07:57 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:57 – 09:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:27 – 10:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:57 – 12:27 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:27 – 13:57 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:57 – 15:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:27 – 16:57 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:57 – 18:27 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:27 – 19:57 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:57 – 21:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:27 – 22:57 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:57 – 00:27 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:27 – 01:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:57 – 03:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:27 – 04:57 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:57 – 06:27 (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 Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869371.27
Julian Day2457836.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0936°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)308.80°
🪷 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 (24.0936°), declination 1.43°, EoT -6.90 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: 2017-03-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)