पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 13, 2006 CE

Also observed today

वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति · Vṛścika SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 6.24 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga

सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः।

मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः।।6.24।।

"6.24 Renouncing every desire which imagination can conceive, controlling the senses at every point by the power of mind;" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 6.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri

Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1413

Malayalam Era: 1182

Nanakshahi: 537

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	236.93°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra	151.64°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	220.76°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P3
बुध Budha	223.03°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	220.96°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P3
शुक्र Śukra	248.24°	Dhanu	Mūla P3
शनि Śani	120.92°	Siṃha	Maghā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:53 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:37 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:15 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	00:36 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	12:31 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 44 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 15 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:55 – 03:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:39 – 04:53
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:46 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:42 – 15:41
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:25 – 19:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:37 – 20:14
Amṛta Kāla	19:22 – 21:07
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:46 – 00:45

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	12:15 – 14:06
Yamaganda	06:43 – 08:34
Gulika Kāla	10:24 – 12:15
Varjyam	05:30 – 05:53
Dur Muhūrta	08:19 – 08:49

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: North-West

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 Labha	04:53 – 06:43 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	06:43 – 08:34 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	08:34 – 10:24 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:24 – 12:15 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	12:15 – 14:06 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	14:06 – 15:56 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	15:56 – 17:47 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	17:47 – 19:37 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	19:37 – 20:47 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	20:47 – 21:56 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	21:56 – 23:06 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	23:06 – 00:15 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	00:15 – 01:24 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:24 – 02:34 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	02:34 – 03:43 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	03:43 – 04:53 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -37.8136°

Longitude: 144.9631°

Timezone: UTC+10

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Uttara Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5108
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1865617.27
Julian Day	2454082.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	23.9501°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	274.47°

🪷 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 (23.9501°), declination -23.12°, EoT 5.09 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: 2006-12-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)