पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 8, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.4 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते।

न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति।।3.4।।
"3.4 No man can attain freedom from activity by refraining from action; nor can he reach perfection by merely refusing to act." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya232.00°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra283.86°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala211.80°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
बुध Budha236.58°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati302.21°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra269.60°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani285.43°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:52 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:34 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:38 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:43 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 41 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 18 Mins 37 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:55 – 03:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:39 – 04:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta19:22 – 19:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:34 – 20:10
Amṛta Kāla19:19 – 21:04
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:13 – 14:03
Yamaganda06:42 – 08:33
Gulika Kāla10:23 – 12:13
Varjyam05:29 – 05:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:18 – 08:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:52 – 06:42 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:42 – 08:33 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:33 – 10:23 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:23 – 12:13 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:13 – 14:03 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:03 – 15:53 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:53 – 17:43 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:43 – 19:34 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:34 – 20:43 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:43 – 21:53 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:53 – 23:03 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:03 – 00:13 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:13 – 01:23 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:23 – 02:33 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:33 – 03:42 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:42 – 04:52 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871091.27
Julian Day2459556.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1594°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)49.20°
🪷 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 (24.1594°), declination -22.72°, EoT 7.30 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: 2021-12-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)