पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · March 12, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.26 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति।

शब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति।।4.26।।
"4.26 Some sacrifice their physical senses in the fire of self-control; others offer up their contact with external objects in the sacrificial fire of their senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya327.79°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra180.62°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala262.58°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha304.02°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati267.36°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra13.10°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शनि Śani275.01°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:16 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:45 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:31 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:09 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:15 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 28 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 31 Mins 38 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:37 – 05:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:14 – 06:16
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:56
Vijaya Muhūrta14:35 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:33 – 18:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:45 – 19:16
Amṛta Kāla18:30 – 20:15
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:56

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:04 – 15:38
Yamaganda06:16 – 07:50
Gulika Kāla09:24 – 10:57
Varjyam06:48 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta 09:11 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:16 – 07:50 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:50 – 09:24 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:24 – 10:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:57 – 12:31 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:31 – 14:04 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:04 – 15:38 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:38 – 17:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:11 – 18:45 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:45 – 20:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:11 – 21:38 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:38 – 23:04 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:04 – 00:31 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:31 – 01:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:57 – 03:24 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:24 – 04:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:50 – 06:16 (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 Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870455.27
Julian Day2458920.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1351°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)210.21°
🪷 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 (24.1351°), declination -3.20°, EoT -10.49 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: 2020-03-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)