पञ्चाङ्ग — Brisbane, Australia · April 23, 2026 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional
गङ्गा सप्तमी · Gaṅgā SaptamīPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 8.8 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga

अभ्यासयोगयुक्तेन चेतसा नान्यगामिना।

परमं पुरुषं दिव्यं याति पार्थानुचिन्तयन्।।8.8।।

"8.8 He whose mind does not wander, and who is engaged in constant meditation, attains the Supreme Spirit." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 8.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī

Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava

Bengali Saṁvat: 1433

Malayalam Era: 1202

Nanakshahi: 557

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)	Gara
वार (Vāra)	Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	8.69°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra	84.92°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	345.62°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha	347.33°	Mīna	Revatī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	83.48°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra	34.07°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P3
शनि Śani	344.09°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:09 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:24 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:46 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	11:37 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	22:05 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 14 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 45 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:39 – 05:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:13 – 06:09
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:24 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:39 – 14:24
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:12 – 17:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:24 – 17:52
Amṛta Kāla	17:09 – 18:54
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:24 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	13:11 – 14:35
Yamaganda	06:09 – 07:33
Gulika Kāla	08:58 – 10:22
Varjyam	06:37 – 06:55
Dur Muhūrta	08:46 – 09:09

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: North-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)

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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha	06:09 – 07:33 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga	07:33 – 08:58 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg	08:58 – 10:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala	10:22 – 11:46 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha	11:46 – 13:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta	13:11 – 14:35 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla	14:35 – 15:59 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha	15:59 – 17:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta	17:24 – 18:59 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla	18:59 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha	20:35 – 22:11 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga	22:11 – 23:46 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg	23:46 – 01:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala	01:22 – 02:58 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha	02:58 – 04:33 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta	04:33 – 06:09 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -27.4698°

Longitude: 153.0251°

Timezone: UTC+10

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Bṛhaspati Walk (गुरु यात्रा)

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Saptamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1872688.27
Julian Day	2461153.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2205°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	73.23°

🪷 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 (24.2205°), declination 12.48°, 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: 2026-04-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)