पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 31, 2023 CE

Also observed today

पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional

🪷 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: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala

Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana

Bengali Saṁvat: 1430

Malayalam Era: 1199

Nanakshahi: 554

Solar Month: Makara (Tai)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Rohiṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)	Gara
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	286.71°	Makara	Śravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra	44.08°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	45.62°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P2
बुध Budha	261.38°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	341.72°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra	310.42°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P2
शनि Śani	301.64°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:32 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:35 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:34 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	15:32 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	01:15 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 02 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 57 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:40 – 04:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:22 – 05:32
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:06 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:54 – 15:50
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:23 – 19:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:35 – 20:10
Amṛta Kāla	19:20 – 21:05
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:06 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	16:04 – 17:50
Yamaganda	09:03 – 10:48
Gulika Kāla	12:34 – 14:19
Varjyam	06:08 – 06:30
Dur Muhūrta	08:49 – 09:17

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	05:32 – 07:18 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:18 – 09:03 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	09:03 – 10:48 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:48 – 12:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:34 – 14:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	14:19 – 16:04 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	16:04 – 17:50 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	17:50 – 19:35 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	19:35 – 20:50 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	20:50 – 22:04 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	22:04 – 23:19 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	23:19 – 00:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:34 – 01:48 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:48 – 03:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	03:03 – 04:18 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:18 – 05:32 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -37.8136°

Longitude: 144.9631°

Timezone: UTC+10

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Daśamī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871510.27
Julian Day	2459975.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1754°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	114.75°

🪷 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 (24.1754°), declination -17.50°, EoT -13.53 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: 2023-01-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)