पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · June 17, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.22 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः।

यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते।।6.22।।
"6.22 Finding That, he will realise that there is no possession so precious. And when once established here, no calamity can disturb him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya61.72°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
चन्द्र Candra106.81°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala284.26°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha74.28°MithunaĀrdrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.93°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra99.29°KarkaPuṣya P2
शनि Śani252.39°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:34 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:07 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:15 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:28 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 32 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 27 Mins 02 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:18 – 06:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:47 – 07:34
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta16:55 – 17:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:07 – 17:31
Amṛta Kāla16:52 – 18:37
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:56 – 17:07
Yamaganda12:21 – 13:32
Gulika Kāla14:44 – 15:56
Varjyam07:58 – 08:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:48 – 10:07

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:34 – 08:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:46 – 09:58 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:58 – 11:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:09 – 12:21 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:21 – 13:32 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:32 – 14:44 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:44 – 15:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:56 – 17:07 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:07 – 18:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:56 – 20:44 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:44 – 22:32 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:32 – 00:21 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:21 – 02:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:09 – 03:58 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:58 – 05:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:46 – 07:34 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869821.27
Julian Day2458286.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1108°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)42.27°
🪷 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 (24.1108°), declination 23.37°, EoT -0.61 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: 2018-06-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)