पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · October 16, 2010 CE

Also observed today

कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति · Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 6.25 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga

शनैः शनैरुपरमेद् बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया।

आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत्।।6.25।।

"6.25 Little by little, by the help of his reason controlled by fortitude, let him attain peace; and, fixing his mind on the Self, let him not think of any other thing." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 6.25'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 Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	178.57°	Kanyā	Citrā P2
चन्द्र Candra	281.26°	Makara	Śravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	207.14°	Tulā	Viśākhā P3
बुध Budha	177.63°	Kanyā	Citrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	331.44°	Mīna	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra	198.01°	Tulā	Svātī P4
शनि Śani	165.33°	Kanyā	Hasta P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:33 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:37 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:05 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	11:51 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	02:01 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 03 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 56 Mins 19 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:49 – 04:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:28 – 05:33
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:39 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:16 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:25 – 18:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:37 – 19:10
Amṛta Kāla	18:22 – 20:07
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:39 – 00:31

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	08:49 – 10:27
Yamaganda	13:43 – 15:21
Gulika Kāla	05:33 – 07:11
Varjyam	06:06 – 06:27
Dur Muhūrta	08:36 – 09:02

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)

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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	05:33 – 07:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	07:11 – 08:49 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	08:49 – 10:27 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	10:27 – 12:05 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	12:05 – 13:43 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	13:43 – 15:21 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	15:21 – 16:59 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	16:59 – 18:37 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	18:37 – 19:59 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	19:59 – 21:21 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	21:21 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	22:43 – 00:05 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	00:05 – 01:27 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	01:27 – 02:49 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	02:49 – 04:11 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	04:11 – 05:33 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -37.8136°

Longitude: 144.9631°

Timezone: UTC+10

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Uttara Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1867020.27
Julian Day	2455485.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0037°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	100.95°

🪷 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 -8.78°, EoT 15.05 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: 2010-10-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)