पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · February 18, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.20 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम्।

स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः।।5.20।।
"5.20 He who knows and lives in the Absolute remains unmoved and unperturbed; he is not elated by pleasure or depressed by pain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya304.68°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra51.67°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala279.19°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha296.30°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati15.25°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra277.19°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani314.36°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:53 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:16 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:55 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:30 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 23 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 36 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:05 – 04:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:46 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:49 – 15:42
Godhūli Muhūrta19:04 – 19:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:16 – 19:50
Amṛta Kāla19:01 – 20:46
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 01:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:36 – 19:16
Yamaganda12:35 – 14:15
Gulika Kāla15:56 – 17:36
Varjyam06:26 – 06:48
Dur Muhūrta 09:00 – 09:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (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 Udveg05:53 – 07:33 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:33 – 09:14 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:14 – 10:54 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:54 – 12:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:35 – 14:15 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:15 – 15:56 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:56 – 17:36 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:36 – 19:16 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:16 – 20:36 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:36 – 21:56 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:56 – 23:15 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:15 – 00:35 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:35 – 01:54 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:54 – 03:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:14 – 04:33 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:33 – 05:53 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871893.27
Julian Day2460358.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1901°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)104.23°
🪷 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 (24.1901°), declination -11.87°, EoT -14.43 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: 2024-02-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)