पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · April 17, 2020 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 5.20 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम्।

स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः।।5.20।।
"5.20 He who knows and lives in the Absolute remains unmoved and unperturbed; he is not elated by pleasure or depressed by pain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya3.36°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra297.02°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala287.59°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha345.16°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati271.94°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra46.60°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani277.32°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:49 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:51 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:05 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:44 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 01 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 58 Mins 02 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:21 – 06:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:54 – 06:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 14:54
Godhūli Muhūrta17:39 – 18:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:51 – 18:18
Amṛta Kāla17:36 – 19:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:57 – 12:20
Yamaganda15:05 – 16:28
Gulika Kāla08:12 – 09:34
Varjyam07:16 – 07:34
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:49 – 08:12 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:12 – 09:34 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:34 – 10:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:57 – 12:20 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:20 – 13:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:43 – 15:05 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:05 – 16:28 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:28 – 17:51 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:51 – 19:28 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:28 – 21:05 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:05 – 22:43 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:43 – 00:20 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:20 – 01:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:57 – 03:34 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:34 – 05:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:12 – 06:49 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870491.27
Julian Day2458956.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1365°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)291.02°
🪷 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 (24.1365°), declination 10.58°, EoT 0.26 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: 2020-04-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)