पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · October 10, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.17 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।

विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित् कर्तुमर्हति।।2.17।।
"2.17 The Spirit, which pervades all that we see, is imperishable. Nothing can destroy the Spirit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya172.81°KanyāHasta P4
चन्द्र Candra221.67°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala171.85°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha171.92°KanyāHasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati298.26°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra218.41°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शनि Śani282.76°MakaraŚravaṇa P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:41 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:31 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:08 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:36 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 50 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 09 Mins 51 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:59 – 04:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:37 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta18:19 – 18:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:31 – 19:04
Amṛta Kāla18:16 – 20:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:32

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:55 – 18:31
Yamaganda12:06 – 13:43
Gulika Kāla15:19 – 16:55
Varjyam06:13 – 06:34
Dur Muhūrta 08:41 – 09:07

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
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):
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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:41 – 07:18 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:18 – 08:54 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:54 – 10:30 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:30 – 12:06 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:06 – 13:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:43 – 15:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:19 – 16:55 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:55 – 18:31 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:31 – 19:55 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:55 – 21:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:19 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:43 – 00:06 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:06 – 01:30 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:30 – 02:54 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:54 – 04:18 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:18 – 05:41 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871032.27
Julian Day2459497.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1572°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)46.20°
🪷 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 (24.1572°), declination -6.66°, EoT 13.74 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: 2021-10-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)