पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · August 18, 2016 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 7.8 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga

रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः।

प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु।।7.8।।

"7.8 O Arjuna! I am the Fluidity in water, the Light in the sun and in the moon. I am the mystic syllable Om in the Vedic scriptures, the Sound in ether, the Virility in man." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 7.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya

Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1423

Malayalam Era: 1192

Nanakshahi: 547

Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)

Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	121.45°	Siṃha	Maghā P1
चन्द्र Candra	296.74°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	222.41°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P3
बुध Budha	148.61°	Siṃha	Uttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	150.67°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra	140.93°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani	225.52°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:01 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:47 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:24 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	17:15 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	06:54 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 46 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 13 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:34 – 06:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:07 – 07:01
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:02 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:11 – 14:54
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:35 – 17:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:47 – 18:14
Amṛta Kāla	17:32 – 19:17
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:02 – 00:45

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	13:44 – 15:05
Yamaganda	07:01 – 08:21
Gulika Kāla	09:42 – 11:03
Varjyam	07:28 – 07:45
Dur Muhūrta	09:31 – 09:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha	07:01 – 08:21 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga	08:21 – 09:42 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg	09:42 – 11:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala	11:03 – 12:24 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha	12:24 – 13:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta	13:44 – 15:05 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla	15:05 – 16:26 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha	16:26 – 17:47 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta	17:47 – 19:26 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla	19:26 – 21:05 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha	21:05 – 22:44 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga	22:44 – 00:24 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg	00:24 – 02:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala	02:03 – 03:42 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha	03:42 – 05:21 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta	05:21 – 07:01 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -37.8136°

Longitude: 144.9631°

Timezone: UTC+10

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Bṛhaspati Walk (गुरु यात्रा)

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:

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

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869153.27
Julian Day	2457618.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0853°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	174.30°

🪷 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 (24.0853°), declination 13.01°, EoT -3.53 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: 2016-08-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)