पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · October 8, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.47 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
योगिनामपि सर्वेषां मद्गतेनान्तरात्मना।

श्रद्धावान्भजते यो मां स मे युक्ततमो मतः।।6.47।।
"6.47 I look upon him as the best of mystics who, full of faith, worshippeth Me and abideth in Me."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.47's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya171.13°KanyāHasta P4
चन्द्र Candra77.99°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala216.47°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha189.54°TulāSvātī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati51.98°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra131.36°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शनि Śani185.96°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:44 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:30 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:07 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:41 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 45 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 14 Mins 14 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:02 – 04:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:40 – 05:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta18:18 – 18:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:30 – 19:02
Amṛta Kāla18:15 – 20:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:32

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:20 – 08:55
Yamaganda10:31 – 12:07
Gulika Kāla13:43 – 15:18
Varjyam06:16 – 06:36
Dur Muhūrta 08:43 – 09:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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):
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 Amṛta05:44 – 07:20 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:20 – 08:55 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:55 – 10:31 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:31 – 12:07 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:07 – 13:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:43 – 15:18 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:18 – 16:54 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:54 – 18:30 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:30 – 19:54 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:54 – 21:18 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:18 – 22:43 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:43 – 00:07 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:07 – 01:31 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:31 – 02:55 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:55 – 04:20 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:20 – 05:44 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: -37.8136°
Longitude: 144.9631°
Timezone: UTC+10

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867743.27
Julian Day2456208.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0314°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)270.25°
🪷 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 (24.0314°), declination -5.97°, EoT 13.23 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: 2012-10-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)