पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · April 21, 2022 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 6.24 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः।

मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः।।6.24।।
"6.24 Renouncing every desire which imagination can conceive, controlling the senses at every point by the power of mind;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya6.77°MeṣaAśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra244.09°DhanuMūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala309.99°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha24.21°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati331.69°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra322.41°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani299.55°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:52 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:46 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:46 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:30 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 54 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 05 Mins 54 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:25 – 06:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:57 – 06:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:52
Godhūli Muhūrta17:34 – 17:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:46 – 18:13
Amṛta Kāla17:31 – 19:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:41 – 15:02
Yamaganda06:52 – 08:14
Gulika Kāla09:35 – 10:57
Varjyam07:19 – 07:37
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 Śubha06:52 – 08:14 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:14 – 09:35 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:35 – 10:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:57 – 12:19 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:19 – 13:41 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:41 – 15:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:02 – 16:24 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:24 – 17:46 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:46 – 19:24 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:24 – 21:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:02 – 22:41 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:41 – 00:19 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:19 – 01:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:57 – 03:35 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:35 – 05:14 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:14 – 06:52 (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 Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871225.27
Julian Day2459690.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1645°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)235.09°
🪷 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 (24.1645°), declination 11.80°, EoT 1.19 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: 2022-04-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)