पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · March 14, 2025 CE

🪷 आज: होली — Holi (Phālguna Pūrṇimā)
Festival of colors; Holikā-dahana eve.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.19 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
मूढग्राहेणात्मनो यत्पीडया क्रियते तपः।परस्योत्सादनार्थं वा तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।17.19।।
"17.19 Austerity done under delusion, and accompanied with sorcery or torture to oneself or another, may be assumed to spring from Ignorance." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1432
Malayalam Era: 1201
Nanakshahi: 556
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya329.51°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra146.75°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala84.26°MithunaPunarvasu P2
बुध Budha345.04°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati49.29°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra343.39°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani328.19°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:18 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:42 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:27 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:11 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 23 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 36 Mins 02 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:39 – 05:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:16 – 06:18
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta18:30 – 18:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:42 – 19:13
Amṛta Kāla18:27 – 20:12
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:57 – 12:30
Yamaganda15:36 – 17:09
Gulika Kāla07:51 – 09:24
Varjyam06:49 – 07:09
Dur Muhūrta 09:12 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:18 – 07:51 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:51 – 09:24 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:24 – 10:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:57 – 12:30 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:30 – 14:03 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:03 – 15:36 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:36 – 17:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:09 – 18:42 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:42 – 20:09 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:09 – 21:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:36 – 23:03 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:03 – 00:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:30 – 01:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:57 – 03:24 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:24 – 04:51 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:51 – 06:18 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Uttara Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872283.27
Julian Day2460748.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2050°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)178.56°
🪷 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 (24.2050°), declination -2.50°, EoT -9.94 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: 2025-03-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)