पञ्चाङ्ग — Perth, Australia · March 9, 2018 CE

Also observed today

कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति · Kumbha SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 3.36 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga

अर्जुन उवाच

अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः।

अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः।।3.36।।

"3.36 Arjuna asked: My Lord! Tell me, what is it that drives a man to sin, even against his will and as if by compulsion?" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 3.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1425

Malayalam Era: 1194

Nanakshahi: 549

Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Jyeṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	324.31°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra	229.69°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	240.60°	Dhanu	Mūla P1
बुध Budha	340.20°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	208.92°	Tulā	Viśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra	338.23°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani	253.62°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:12 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:43 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:28 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	23:07 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)	13:12 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 30 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 29 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:32 – 05:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:10 – 06:12
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:03 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:33 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:31 – 18:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:43 – 19:15
Amṛta Kāla	18:28 – 20:13
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:03 – 00:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:54 – 12:28
Yamaganda	15:36 – 17:09
Gulika Kāla	07:46 – 09:20
Varjyam	06:44 – 07:04
Dur Muhūrta	09:08 – 09:33

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: North-East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)

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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	06:12 – 07:46 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	07:46 – 09:20 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	09:20 – 10:54 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:54 – 12:28 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	12:28 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	14:02 – 15:36 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	15:36 – 17:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	17:09 – 18:43 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	18:43 – 20:09 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	20:09 – 21:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	21:36 – 23:02 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	23:02 – 00:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	00:28 – 01:54 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:54 – 03:20 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	03:20 – 04:46 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	04:46 – 06:12 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -31.9505°

Longitude: 115.8605°

Timezone: UTC+8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

-3137-10-20 — Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869721.27
Julian Day	2458186.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1070°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	264.28°

🪷 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 (24.1070°), declination -4.58°, EoT -11.28 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: 2018-03-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)