पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · March 24, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.38 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते।

तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति।।4.38।।
"4.38 There is nothing in the world so purifying as wisdom; and he who is a perfect saint finds that at last in his own Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya339.73°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra335.83°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala270.91°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha311.72°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati269.21°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra25.50°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शनि Śani275.97°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:28 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:26 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:27 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:08 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:14 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 58 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 01 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:52 – 05:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:28 – 06:28
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta18:14 – 18:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:26 – 18:56
Amṛta Kāla18:11 – 19:56
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:27 – 16:57
Yamaganda09:27 – 10:57
Gulika Kāla12:27 – 13:57
Varjyam06:58 – 07:17
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:28 – 07:57 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:57 – 09:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:27 – 10:57 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:57 – 12:27 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:27 – 13:57 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:57 – 15:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:27 – 16:57 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:57 – 18:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:26 – 19:57 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:57 – 21:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:27 – 22:57 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:57 – 00:27 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:27 – 01:57 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:57 – 03:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:27 – 04:57 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:57 – 06:28 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870467.27
Julian Day2458932.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1356°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)356.96°
🪷 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 (24.1356°), declination 1.54°, EoT -6.90 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: 2020-03-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)