पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · April 11, 2016 CE

Also observed today

विनायक चतुर्थी · Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 3.40 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga

इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते।

एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम्।।3.40।।

"3.40 It works through the senses, the mind and the reason; and with their help destroys wisdom and confounds the soul." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 3.40's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya

Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1423

Malayalam Era: 1192

Nanakshahi: 547

Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Rohiṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	357.51°	Mīna	Revatī P4
चन्द्र Candra	47.61°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	224.35°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P4
बुध Budha	14.64°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	139.71°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra	342.33°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani	231.89°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:44 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:59 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:21 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	10:52 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	20:31 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 15 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 44 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:13 – 05:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:47 – 06:44
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:59 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:14 – 14:59
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:47 – 18:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:59 – 18:28
Amṛta Kāla	17:44 – 19:29
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:59 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	08:08 – 09:33
Yamaganda	10:57 – 12:21
Gulika Kāla	13:46 – 15:10
Varjyam	07:12 – 07:30
Dur Muhūrta	09:21 – 09:44

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	06:44 – 08:08 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	08:08 – 09:33 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	09:33 – 10:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:57 – 12:21 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	12:21 – 13:46 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:46 – 15:10 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	15:10 – 16:35 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	16:35 – 17:59 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	17:59 – 19:35 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	19:35 – 21:10 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	21:10 – 22:46 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:46 – 00:21 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	00:21 – 01:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:57 – 03:33 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	03:33 – 05:08 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	05:08 – 06:44 (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 Caturthī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869024.27
Julian Day	2457489.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0804°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	47.32°

🪷 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 (24.0804°), declination 8.42°, EoT -1.32 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: 2016-04-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)