पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · April 19, 2017 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 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: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1424

Malayalam Era: 1193

Nanakshahi: 548

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	5.09°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra	270.94°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	34.00°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P3
बुध Budha	7.06°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	172.31°	Kanyā	Hasta P4
शुक्र Śukra	332.84°	Mīna	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani	243.40°	Dhanu	Mūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:50 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:48 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:19 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	22:50 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	13:16 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 58 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 01 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:23 – 06:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:56 – 06:50
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:57 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:09 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:36 – 18:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:48 – 18:16
Amṛta Kāla	17:33 – 19:18
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:57 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	12:19 – 13:42
Yamaganda	08:13 – 09:35
Gulika Kāla	10:57 – 12:19
Varjyam	07:18 – 07:35
Dur Muhūrta	09:24 – 09:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha	06:50 – 08:13 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	08:13 – 09:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	09:35 – 10:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:57 – 12:19 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	12:19 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	13:42 – 15:04 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	15:04 – 16:26 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	16:26 – 17:48 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	17:48 – 19:26 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	19:26 – 21:04 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	21:04 – 22:42 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	22:42 – 00:19 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	00:19 – 01:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:57 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	03:35 – 05:13 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	05:13 – 06:50 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -37.8136°

Longitude: 144.9631°

Timezone: UTC+10

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Uttara Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869397.27
Julian Day	2457862.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0946°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	268.83°

🪷 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 (24.0946°), declination 11.18°, EoT 0.74 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: 2017-04-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)