पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · February 26, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: आमलकी एकादशी — Āmalakī Ekādaśī
Worship of Āmalakī (Indian gooseberry, sacred to Viṣṇu).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.25 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत।

कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्िचकीर्षुर्लोकसंग्रहम्।।3.25।।
"3.25 As the ignorant act, because of their fondness for action, so should the wise act without such attachment, fixing their eyes, O Arjuna, only on the welfare of the world." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya313.28°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra79.04°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala234.11°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha320.25°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.72°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra324.52°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani252.85°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:02 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:06 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:09 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:44 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 03 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 56 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:17 – 05:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:56 – 06:02
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 13:00
Vijaya Muhūrta14:44 – 15:37
Godhūli Muhūrta18:54 – 19:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:06 – 19:38
Amṛta Kāla18:51 – 20:36
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 01:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:40 – 09:18
Yamaganda10:56 – 12:34
Gulika Kāla14:12 – 15:50
Varjyam06:34 – 06:55
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:31

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:02 – 07:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:40 – 09:18 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:18 – 10:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:56 – 12:34 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:34 – 14:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:12 – 15:50 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:50 – 17:28 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:28 – 19:06 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:06 – 20:28 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:28 – 21:50 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:50 – 23:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:12 – 00:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:34 – 01:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:56 – 03:18 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:18 – 04:40 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:40 – 06:02 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ekādaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869710.27
Julian Day2458175.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1066°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)128.04°
🪷 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 (24.1066°), declination -8.80°, EoT -13.55 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: 2018-02-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)