पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · May 8, 2018 CE

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वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 5.11 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga

कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि।

योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वाऽऽत्मशुद्धये।।5.11।।

"5.11 The sage performs his action dispassionately, using his body, mind and intellect, and even his senses, always as a means of purification." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 5.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa 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)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	23.31°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra	292.84°	Makara	Śravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	272.26°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha	357.62°	Mīna	Revatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	204.21°	Tulā	Viśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra	51.82°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
शनि Śani	254.59°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:07 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:26 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:17 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	23:21 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	13:08 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 19 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 40 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:45 – 06:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:15 – 07:07
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:56 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:00 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:14 – 17:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:26 – 17:52
Amṛta Kāla	17:11 – 18:56
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:56 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	14:51 – 16:09
Yamaganda	09:42 – 10:59
Gulika Kāla	12:17 – 13:34
Varjyam	07:33 – 07:49
Dur Muhūrta	09:31 – 09:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)

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 · 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 Roga	07:07 – 08:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	08:24 – 09:42 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	09:42 – 10:59 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:59 – 12:17 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:17 – 13:34 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:34 – 14:51 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	14:51 – 16:09 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	16:09 – 17:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	17:26 – 19:09 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	19:09 – 20:51 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	20:51 – 22:34 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:34 – 00:17 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:17 – 01:59 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:59 – 03:42 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	03:42 – 05:24 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	05:24 – 07:07 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -37.8136°

Longitude: 144.9631°

Timezone: UTC+10

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869781.27
Julian Day	2458246.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1093°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	271.50°

🪷 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 (24.1093°), declination 17.03°, EoT 3.58 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: 2018-05-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)