पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · September 7, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: पितृ पक्ष आरम्भ — Pitṛ-Pakṣa Start
Begin 16-day śrāddha period for ancestors. Bhādrapada Pūrṇimā next-day.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.50 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रह्म तथाप्नोति निबोध मे।समासेनैव कौन्तेय निष्ठा ज्ञानस्य या परा।।18.50।।
"18.50 I will now state briefly how he, who has reached perfection, finds the Eternal Spirit, the state of Supreme Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.50's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya140.52°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra329.58°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala126.69°SiṃhaMaghā P3
बुध Budha124.33°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati178.72°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra109.88°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शनि Śani237.05°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:32 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:03 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:43 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:05 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 30 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 29 Mins 16 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:35 – 06:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 14:59
Godhūli Muhūrta17:51 – 18:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:03 – 18:32
Amṛta Kāla17:48 – 19:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:44 – 15:10
Yamaganda06:32 – 07:59
Gulika Kāla09:25 – 10:51
Varjyam07:01 – 07:19
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
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 · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:32 – 07:59 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:59 – 09:25 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:25 – 10:51 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:51 – 12:18 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:18 – 13:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:44 – 15:10 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:10 – 16:37 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:37 – 18:03 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:03 – 19:37 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:37 – 21:10 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:10 – 22:44 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:44 – 00:18 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:18 – 01:51 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:51 – 03:25 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:25 – 04:59 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:59 – 06:32 (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 Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869538.27
Julian Day2458003.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1000°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)188.57°
🪷 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 (24.1000°), declination 6.05°, EoT 2.56 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: 2017-09-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)