पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · April 23, 2018 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 4.38 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga

न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते।

तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति।।4.38।।

"4.38 There is nothing in the world so purifying as wisdom; and he who is a perfect saint finds that at last in his own Self." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 4.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1425

Malayalam Era: 1194

Nanakshahi: 549

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	8.74°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra	100.52°	Karka	Puṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	265.25°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha	342.80°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	206.05°	Tulā	Viśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra	33.64°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P3
शनि Śani	254.89°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:54 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:43 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:19 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	13:25 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	23:27 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 49 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 10 Mins 14 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:27 – 06:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:00 – 06:54
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:57 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:07 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:31 – 17:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:43 – 18:10
Amṛta Kāla	17:28 – 19:13
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:57 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	08:15 – 09:36
Yamaganda	10:57 – 12:19
Gulika Kāla	13:40 – 15:01
Varjyam	07:21 – 07:38
Dur Muhūrta	09:25 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)

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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	06:54 – 08:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	08:15 – 09:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	09:36 – 10:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:57 – 12:19 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	12:19 – 13:40 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:40 – 15:01 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	15:01 – 16:22 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	16:22 – 17:43 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	17:43 – 19:22 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	19:22 – 21:01 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	21:01 – 22:40 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:40 – 00:19 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	00:19 – 01:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:57 – 03:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	03:36 – 05:15 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	05:15 – 06:54 (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 Aṣṭamī + Puṣya alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869766.27
Julian Day	2458231.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1087°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	90.93°

🪷 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 (24.1087°), declination 12.46°, EoT 1.60 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: 2018-04-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)