पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · April 16, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.7 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga🪷 Mamaivāṁśo Jīva-Bhūtaḥ · The Jīva is My Fragment
ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः।मनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति।।15.7।।
"15.7 It is only a very small part of My Eternal Self, which is the life of the universe, drawing round itself the six senses, the mind the last, which have their source in Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya1.65°MeṣaAśvinī P1
चन्द्र Candra134.92°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala46.06°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha334.14°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati240.16°DhanuMūla P1
शुक्र Śukra330.03°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani266.15°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:47 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:53 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:36 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:51 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 05 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 54 Mins 02 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:18 – 06:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:52 – 06:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 14:56
Godhūli Muhūrta17:41 – 18:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:53 – 18:21
Amṛta Kāla17:38 – 19:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:07 – 16:30
Yamaganda09:34 – 10:57
Gulika Kāla12:20 – 13:43
Varjyam07:15 – 07:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:47 – 08:10 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:10 – 09:34 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:34 – 10:57 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:57 – 12:20 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:20 – 13:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:43 – 15:07 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:07 – 16:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:30 – 17:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:53 – 19:30 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:30 – 21:07 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:07 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:43 – 00:20 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:20 – 01:57 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:57 – 03:34 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:34 – 05:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:10 – 06:47 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870124.27
Julian Day2458589.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1224°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)135.62°
🪷 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 (24.1224°), declination 9.96°, EoT 0.02 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: 2019-04-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)