पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · March 1, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.18 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः।जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः।।14.18।।
"14.18 When Purity is in the ascendant, the man evolves; when Passion, he neither evolves nor degenerates; when Ignorance, he is lost." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya316.52°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra159.30°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala33.81°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
बुध Budha289.70°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati292.47°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शुक्र Śukra309.96°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani284.33°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:05 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:01 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:33 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:57 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:12 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 55 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 04 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:22 – 05:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:01 – 06:05
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 12:59
Vijaya Muhūrta14:43 – 15:34
Godhūli Muhūrta18:49 – 19:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:01 – 19:33
Amṛta Kāla18:46 – 20:31
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 00:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:42 – 09:19
Yamaganda10:56 – 12:33
Gulika Kāla14:10 – 15:47
Varjyam06:38 – 06:58
Dur Muhūrta 09:06 – 09:32

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:05 – 07:42 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:42 – 09:19 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:19 – 10:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:56 – 12:33 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:33 – 14:10 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:10 – 15:47 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:47 – 17:24 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:24 – 19:01 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:01 – 20:24 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:24 – 21:47 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:47 – 23:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:10 – 00:33 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:33 – 01:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:56 – 03:19 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:19 – 04:42 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:42 – 06:05 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870809.27
Julian Day2459274.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1486°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)200.63°
🪷 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 (24.1486°), declination -7.56°, EoT -13.04 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: 2021-03-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)