पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · March 8, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: होलिका दहन — Holikā Dahana
Burning of Holikā; Prahlāda saved by Hari. Eve of Holi.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.22 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः।

समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते।।4.22।।
"4.22 Content with what comes to him without effort of his own, mounting above the pairs of opposites, free from envy, his mind balanced both in success and failure; though he acts, yet the consequences do not bind him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya323.80°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra119.86°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala259.81°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha304.07°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati266.68°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra8.80°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शनि Śani274.65°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:13 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:51 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:36 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:16 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 38 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 21 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:31 – 05:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:09 – 06:13
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:57
Vijaya Muhūrta14:38 – 15:29
Godhūli Muhūrta18:39 – 19:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:51 – 19:22
Amṛta Kāla18:36 – 20:21
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:16 – 18:51
Yamaganda12:32 – 14:06
Gulika Kāla15:41 – 17:16
Varjyam06:44 – 07:04
Dur Muhūrta 09:09 – 09:35

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
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):
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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:13 – 07:47 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:47 – 09:22 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:22 – 10:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:57 – 12:32 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:32 – 14:06 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:06 – 15:41 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:41 – 17:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:16 – 18:51 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:51 – 20:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:16 – 21:41 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:41 – 23:06 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:06 – 00:32 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:32 – 01:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:57 – 03:22 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:22 – 04:47 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:47 – 06:13 (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 Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870451.27
Julian Day2458916.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1349°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)156.59°
🪷 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 (24.1349°), declination -4.77°, EoT -11.53 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: 2020-03-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)