पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · October 4, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.26 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति।

तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः।।9.26।।
"9.26 Whatever a man offers to Me, whether it be a leaf, or a flower, or fruit, or water, I accept it, for it is offered with devotion and purity of mind." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya166.66°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra98.13°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala282.79°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha175.99°KanyāCitrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.46°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra196.55°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani248.93°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:51 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:26 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:35 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:33 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 35 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 24 Mins 59 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:10 – 05:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:48 – 05:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta18:14 – 18:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:26 – 18:57
Amṛta Kāla18:11 – 19:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:33

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:42 – 15:17
Yamaganda05:51 – 07:25
Gulika Kāla08:59 – 10:34
Varjyam06:22 – 06:42
Dur Muhūrta 08:47 – 09:12

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (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 · 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 Śubha05:51 – 07:25 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:25 – 08:59 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:59 – 10:34 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:34 – 12:08 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:08 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:42 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:17 – 16:51 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:51 – 18:26 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:26 – 19:51 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:51 – 21:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:17 – 22:42 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:42 – 00:08 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:08 – 01:34 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:34 – 02:59 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:59 – 04:25 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:25 – 05:51 (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 Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869930.27
Julian Day2458395.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1150°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)293.37°
🪷 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 (24.1150°), declination -4.26°, EoT 12.10 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: 2018-10-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)