पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 12, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.37 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः।

महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्।।3.37।।
"3.37 Lord Shri Krishna: It is desire, it is aversion, born of passion. Desire consumes and corrupts everything. It is man's greatest enemy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya235.54°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra223.73°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala228.20°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha254.00°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati12.03°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra194.06°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani307.63°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:53 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:37 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:12 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:42 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 43 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 16 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:55 – 03:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:39 – 04:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:42 – 15:41
Godhūli Muhūrta19:25 – 19:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:37 – 20:13
Amṛta Kāla19:22 – 21:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:56 – 17:46
Yamaganda08:34 – 10:24
Gulika Kāla12:15 – 14:05
Varjyam05:29 – 05:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:19 – 08:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (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):
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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga04:53 – 06:43 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:43 – 08:34 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:34 – 10:24 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:24 – 12:15 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:15 – 14:05 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:05 – 15:56 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:56 – 17:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:46 – 19:37 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:37 – 20:46 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:46 – 21:56 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:56 – 23:05 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:05 – 00:15 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:15 – 01:24 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:24 – 02:34 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:34 – 03:43 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:43 – 04:53 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871825.27
Julian Day2460290.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1875°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)347.17°
🪷 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 (24.1875°), declination -23.04°, EoT 5.54 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: 2023-12-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)