पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · September 24, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: महाष्टमी — Mahā-Aṣṭamī (Durgā-Aṣṭamī)
8th day of Śāradīya Navrātri; Mahiṣāsura-mardinī kṣaṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.12 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान्।

पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम्।।10.12।।
"10.12 Arjuna asked: Thou art the Supreme Spirit, the Eternal Home, the Holiest of the Holy, the Eternal Divine Self, the Primal God, the Unborn and the Omnipresent." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya157.32°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra246.81°DhanuMūla P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala2.16°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha181.70°TulāCitrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati263.46°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra115.39°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शनि Śani271.20°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:05 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:17 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:47 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:31 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 12 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 47 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:28 – 05:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:04 – 06:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 15:02
Godhūli Muhūrta18:05 – 18:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:17 – 18:48
Amṛta Kāla18:02 – 19:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:43 – 15:14
Yamaganda06:05 – 07:37
Gulika Kāla09:08 – 10:40
Varjyam06:36 – 06:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:05 – 07:37 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:37 – 09:08 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:08 – 10:40 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:40 – 12:11 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:11 – 13:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:43 – 15:14 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:14 – 16:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:46 – 18:17 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:17 – 19:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:46 – 21:14 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:14 – 22:43 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:43 – 00:11 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:11 – 01:40 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:40 – 03:08 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:08 – 04:37 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:37 – 06:05 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Mūla alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870651.27
Julian Day2459116.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1426°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)86.52°
🪷 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 (24.1426°), declination -0.58°, EoT 8.79 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: 2020-09-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)