पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · November 12, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: नरक चतुर्दशी — Naraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī)
Krishna slew Narakāsura, freeing 16,000 captive princesses. Day 2 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.7 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यस्त्विन्द्रियाणि मनसा नियम्यारभतेऽर्जुन।

कर्मेन्द्रियैः कर्मयोगमसक्तः स विशिष्यते।।3.7।।
"3.7 But, O Arjuna! All honour to him whose mind controls his senses, for he is thereby beginning to practise Karma-Yoga, the Path of Right Action, keeping himself always unattached." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya205.20°TulāViśākhā P2
चन्द्र Candra189.29°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala206.79°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha218.13°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati15.14°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra159.48°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani306.47°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:03 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:06 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:18 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:44 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 02 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 57 Mins 02 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:11 – 04:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:53 – 05:03
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta18:54 – 19:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:06 – 19:41
Amṛta Kāla18:51 – 20:36
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:33

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:21 – 19:06
Yamaganda12:05 – 13:50
Gulika Kāla15:35 – 17:21
Varjyam05:38 – 06:01
Dur Muhūrta 08:20 – 08:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:03 – 06:49 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:49 – 08:34 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:34 – 10:19 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:19 – 12:05 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:05 – 13:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:50 – 15:35 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:35 – 17:21 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:21 – 19:06 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:06 – 20:21 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:21 – 21:35 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:35 – 22:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:50 – 00:05 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:05 – 01:19 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:19 – 02:34 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:34 – 03:49 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:49 – 05:03 (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)1871795.27
Julian Day2460260.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1863°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)343.22°
🪷 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 (24.1863°), declination -17.57°, EoT 15.43 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: 2023-11-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)