पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · May 4, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.20 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः।

तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया।।7.20।।
"7.20 They in whom wisdom is obscured by one desire or the other, worship the lesser Powers, practising many rites which vary according to their temperaments." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya19.89°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra323.79°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala338.07°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha354.23°MīnaRevatī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati30.66°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
शुक्र Śukra11.13°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शनि Śani322.80°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:04 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:30 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:15 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:50 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 25 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 34 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:41 – 06:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:12 – 07:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:18 – 17:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:30 – 17:56
Amṛta Kāla17:15 – 19:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:38

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:40 – 10:59
Yamaganda13:35 – 14:53
Gulika Kāla07:04 – 08:22
Varjyam07:30 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:30 – 09:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:04 – 08:22 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:22 – 09:40 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:40 – 10:59 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:59 – 12:17 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:17 – 13:35 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:35 – 14:53 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:53 – 16:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:12 – 17:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:30 – 19:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:12 – 20:53 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:53 – 22:35 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:35 – 00:17 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:17 – 01:59 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:59 – 03:40 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:40 – 05:22 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:22 – 07:04 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871969.27
Julian Day2460434.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1930°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)306.33°
🪷 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 (24.1930°), declination 16.06°, EoT 3.26 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: 2024-05-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)