पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · May 10, 2013 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 13.5 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga

ऋषिभिर्बहुधा गीतं छन्दोभिर्विविधैः पृथक्।ब्रह्मसूत्रपदैश्चैव हेतुमद्भिर्विनिश्िचतैः।।13.5।।

"13.5 Seers have sung of It in various ways, in many hymns and sacred Vedic songs, weighty in thought and convincing in argument." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 13.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla 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)	Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Kṛttikā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)	Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	25.52°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra	25.75°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	20.29°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P3
बुध Budha	22.99°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	54.89°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
शुक्र Śukra	36.32°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P3
शनि Śani	193.06°	Tulā	Svātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:09 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:24 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:16 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	07:12 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	17:23 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 14 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 45 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:47 – 06:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:18 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:56 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:59 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:12 – 17:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:24 – 17:50
Amṛta Kāla	17:09 – 18:54
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:56 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	11:00 – 12:16
Yamaganda	14:50 – 16:07
Gulika Kāla	08:26 – 09:43
Varjyam	07:35 – 07:51
Dur Muhūrta	09:32 – 09:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)

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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	07:09 – 08:26 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	08:26 – 09:43 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	09:43 – 11:00 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	11:00 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	12:16 – 13:33 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:33 – 14:50 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	14:50 – 16:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	16:07 – 17:24 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	17:24 – 19:07 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	19:07 – 20:50 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	20:50 – 22:33 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:33 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	00:16 – 02:00 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	02:00 – 03:43 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	03:43 – 05:26 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	05:26 – 07:09 (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 Pratipada + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1867957.27
Julian Day	2456422.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0396°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	1.84°

🪷 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 (24.0396°), declination 17.62°, EoT 3.68 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: 2013-05-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)