पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · October 8, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.44 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम्।

व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते।।2.44।।
"2.44 While their minds are absorbed with ideas of power and personal enjoyment, they cannot concentrate their discrimination on one point." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya170.32°KanyāHasta P4
चन्द्र Candra96.69°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala182.74°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha160.83°KanyāHasta P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati19.60°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra124.61°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शनि Śani307.03°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:45 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:29 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:15 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:10 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 44 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 15 Mins 50 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:03 – 04:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:41 – 05:45
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta18:17 – 18:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:29 – 19:01
Amṛta Kāla18:14 – 19:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:32

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:53 – 18:29
Yamaganda12:07 – 13:42
Gulika Kāla15:18 – 16:53
Varjyam06:17 – 06:37
Dur Muhūrta 08:43 – 09:09

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
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 · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:45 – 07:20 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:20 – 08:56 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:56 – 10:31 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:31 – 12:07 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:07 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:42 – 15:18 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:18 – 16:53 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:53 – 18:29 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:29 – 19:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:53 – 21:18 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:18 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:42 – 00:07 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:07 – 01:31 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:31 – 02:56 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:56 – 04:20 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:20 – 05:45 (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 Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871760.27
Julian Day2460225.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1850°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)284.53°
🪷 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 (24.1850°), declination -5.72°, EoT 13.23 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: 2023-10-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)