पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · June 17, 2013 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।

"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 14.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava

Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1420

Malayalam Era: 1189

Nanakshahi: 544

Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)

Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	61.99°	Mithuna	Mr̥gaśirā P3
चन्द्र Candra	155.89°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	47.52°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P3
बुध Budha	85.64°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	63.40°	Mithuna	Mr̥gaśirā P4
शुक्र Śukra	82.80°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
शनि Śani	190.90°	Tulā	Svātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:34 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:07 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:21 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:33 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:39 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 32 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 27 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	06:18 – 06:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:47 – 07:34
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:02 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:56 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:55 – 17:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:07 – 17:31
Amṛta Kāla	16:52 – 18:37
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:02 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	08:46 – 09:58
Yamaganda	11:09 – 12:21
Gulika Kāla	13:32 – 14:44
Varjyam	07:58 – 08:13
Dur Muhūrta	09:48 – 10:07

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: North-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

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):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	07:34 – 08:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	08:46 – 09:58 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	09:58 – 11:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	11:09 – 12:21 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	12:21 – 13:32 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:32 – 14:44 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	14:44 – 15:56 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	15:56 – 17:07 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	17:07 – 18:56 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	18:56 – 20:44 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	20:44 – 22:32 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:32 – 00:21 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	00:21 – 02:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	02:09 – 03:58 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	03:58 – 05:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	05:46 – 07:34 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: -37.8136°

Longitude: 144.9631°

Timezone: UTC+10

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1867995.27
Julian Day	2456460.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0410°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	97.48°

🪷 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 (24.0410°), declination 23.38°, EoT -0.61 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: 2013-06-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)