पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · April 27, 2013 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.12 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते।ध्यानात्कर्मफलत्यागस्त्यागाच्छान्तिरनन्तरम्।।12.12।।

"12.12 Knowledge is superior to blind action, meditation to mere knowledge, renunciation of the fruit of action to meditation, and where there is renunciation peace will follow." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava

Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1420

Malayalam Era: 1189

Nanakshahi: 544

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)	Taitila
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	12.91°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P4
चन्द्र Candra	209.44°	Tulā	Viśākhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	10.68°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P4
बुध Budha	356.90°	Mīna	Revatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	52.18°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra	20.31°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P3
शनि Śani	194.03°	Tulā	Svātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:57 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:38 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:18 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	18:20 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	08:28 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 40 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 19 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:32 – 06:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:04 – 06:57
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:56 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:05 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:26 – 17:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:38 – 18:05
Amṛta Kāla	17:23 – 19:08
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:56 – 00:39

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	09:38 – 10:58
Yamaganda	13:38 – 14:58
Gulika Kāla	06:57 – 08:18
Varjyam	07:24 – 07:41
Dur Muhūrta	09:27 – 09:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: North

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)

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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	06:57 – 08:18 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	08:18 – 09:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	09:38 – 10:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	10:58 – 12:18 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	12:18 – 13:38 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	13:38 – 14:58 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	14:58 – 16:18 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	16:18 – 17:38 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	17:38 – 19:18 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	19:18 – 20:58 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	20:58 – 22:38 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	22:38 – 00:18 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	00:18 – 01:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	01:58 – 03:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	03:38 – 05:18 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	05:18 – 06:57 (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 Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1867944.27
Julian Day	2456409.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0391°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	194.61°

🪷 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 (24.0391°), declination 13.83°, EoT 2.33 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: 2013-04-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)