पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · October 15, 2010 CE

Also observed today

कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति · Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)Pan-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: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2067 Śobhana

Śaka Saṁvat: 1932 Vikṛti

Bengali Saṁvat: 1417

Malayalam Era: 1186

Nanakshahi: 541

Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	177.58°	Kanyā	Citrā P2
चन्द्र Candra	269.18°	Dhanu	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	206.44°	Tulā	Viśākhā P2
बुध Budha	175.92°	Kanyā	Citrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	331.55°	Mīna	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra	198.31°	Tulā	Svātī P4
शनि Śani	165.20°	Kanyā	Hasta P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:35 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:36 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:05 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	10:57 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	01:26 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 01 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 58 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:50 – 04:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:30 – 05:35
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:39 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:16 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:24 – 18:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:36 – 19:09
Amṛta Kāla	18:21 – 20:06
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:39 – 00:31

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:28 – 12:05
Yamaganda	15:21 – 16:58
Gulika Kāla	07:12 – 08:50
Varjyam	06:07 – 06:28
Dur Muhūrta	08:37 – 09:03

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	05:35 – 07:12 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	07:12 – 08:50 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	08:50 – 10:28 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:28 – 12:05 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	12:05 – 13:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:43 – 15:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	15:21 – 16:58 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	16:58 – 18:36 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	18:36 – 19:58 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	19:58 – 21:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	21:21 – 22:43 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:43 – 00:05 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	00:05 – 01:28 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:28 – 02:50 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	02:50 – 04:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	04:12 – 05:35 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -37.8136°

Longitude: 144.9631°

Timezone: UTC+10

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 Śukla Aṣṭamī + Uttara Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1867019.27
Julian Day	2455484.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0037°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	89.92°

🪷 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 (24.0037°), declination -8.41°, EoT 14.86 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: 2010-10-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)