पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · July 16, 2018 CE

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

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.4 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च।

अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा।।7.4।।
"7.4 Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect and personality; this is the eightfold division of My Manifested Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.4'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)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya89.38°MithunaPunarvasu P3
चन्द्र Candra130.52°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala282.61°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha115.21°KarkaAśleṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.16°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra132.24°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शनि Śani250.30°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:32 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:20 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:38 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:43 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 47 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 12 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:14 – 06:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:43 – 07:32
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:04 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:08 – 17:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:20 – 17:44
Amṛta Kāla17:05 – 18:50
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:45

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:45 – 09:59
Yamaganda11:12 – 12:26
Gulika Kāla13:39 – 14:53
Varjyam07:56 – 08:12
Dur Muhūrta 09:49 – 10:09

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:32 – 08:45 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:45 – 09:59 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:59 – 11:12 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:12 – 12:26 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:26 – 13:39 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:39 – 14:53 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:53 – 16:06 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:06 – 17:20 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:20 – 19:06 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:06 – 20:53 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:53 – 22:39 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:39 – 00:26 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:26 – 02:12 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:12 – 03:59 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:59 – 05:45 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:45 – 07:32 (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 Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869850.27
Julian Day2458315.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1120°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)38.92°
🪷 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 (24.1120°), declination 21.39°, EoT -5.68 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: 2018-07-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)