पञ्चाङ्ग — Perth, Australia · April 23, 2013 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 12.8 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय।निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः।।12.8।।
"12.8 Then let thy mind cling only to Me, let thy intellect abide in Me; and without doubt thou shalt live hereafter in Me alone." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya9.02°MeṣaAśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra152.32°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala7.70°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha349.84°MīnaRevatī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati51.38°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra15.37°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शनि Śani194.33°TulāSvātī P3

Perth, Australia — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · SGT/MYT)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:43 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:47 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:49 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:47 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 04 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 55 Mins 37 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:14 – 05:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:47 – 06:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta17:35 – 17:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:47 – 18:15
Amṛta Kāla17:32 – 19:17
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:01 – 16:24
Yamaganda09:29 – 10:52
Gulika Kāla12:15 – 13:38
Varjyam07:10 – 07:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:18 – 09:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:43 – 08:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:06 – 09:29 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:29 – 10:52 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:52 – 12:15 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:15 – 13:38 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:38 – 15:01 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:01 – 16:24 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:24 – 17:47 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:47 – 19:24 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:24 – 21:01 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:01 – 22:38 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:38 – 00:15 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:15 – 01:52 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:52 – 03:29 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:29 – 05:06 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:06 – 06:43 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -31.9505°
Longitude: 115.8605°
Timezone: UTC+8

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 Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867940.27
Julian Day2456405.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0389°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)143.43°
🪷 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 (24.0389°), declination 12.53°, EoT 1.60 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: 2013-04-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)