पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · March 12, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.39 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा।

कामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च।।3.39।।
"3.39 It is the wise man's constant enemy; it tarnishes the face of wisdom. It is as insatiable as a flame of fire." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.39's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya327.31°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra265.16°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala242.35°DhanuMūla P1
बुध Budha344.70°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.91°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra341.95°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani253.80°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:16 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:45 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:31 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:05 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:39 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 29 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 30 Mins 22 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:36 – 05:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:13 – 06:16
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:56
Vijaya Muhūrta14:36 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta18:33 – 18:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:45 – 19:17
Amṛta Kāla18:30 – 20:15
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:56

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:50 – 09:23
Yamaganda10:57 – 12:31
Gulika Kāla14:04 – 15:38
Varjyam06:47 – 07:07
Dur Muhūrta 09:11 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:16 – 07:50 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:50 – 09:23 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:23 – 10:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:57 – 12:31 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:31 – 14:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:04 – 15:38 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:38 – 17:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:12 – 18:45 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:45 – 20:12 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:12 – 21:38 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:38 – 23:04 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:04 – 00:31 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:31 – 01:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:57 – 03:23 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:23 – 04:50 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:50 – 06:16 (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 Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869724.27
Julian Day2458189.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1071°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)296.46°
🪷 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 (24.1071°), declination -3.40°, EoT -10.49 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: 2018-03-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)