पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · October 2, 2018 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 9.24 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga

अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च।

न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते।।9.24।।

"9.24 I am the willing recipient of sacrifice, and I am its true Lord. But these do not know me in truth, and so they sink back." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 9.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1425

Malayalam Era: 1194

Nanakshahi: 549

Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	164.69°	Kanyā	Hasta P2
चन्द्र Candra	69.95°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	281.97°	Makara	Śravaṇa P1
बुध Budha	172.71°	Kanyā	Hasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	208.08°	Tulā	Viśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra	196.34°	Tulā	Svātī P3
शनि Śani	248.85°	Dhanu	Mūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:54 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:24 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:09 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	01:05 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	10:35 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 30 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 29 Mins 50 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:14 – 05:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:51 – 05:54
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:44 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:14 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:12 – 18:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:24 – 18:55
Amṛta Kāla	18:09 – 19:54
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:44 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:16 – 16:50
Yamaganda	09:01 – 10:35
Gulika Kāla	12:09 – 13:42
Varjyam	06:25 – 06:45
Dur Muhūrta	08:49 – 09:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	05:54 – 07:27 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:27 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	09:01 – 10:35 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:35 – 12:09 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:09 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:42 – 15:16 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	15:16 – 16:50 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	16:50 – 18:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	18:24 – 19:50 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	19:50 – 21:16 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	21:16 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:42 – 00:09 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:09 – 01:35 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:35 – 03:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	03:01 – 04:27 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:27 – 05:54 (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 + Ārdrā 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)	1869928.27
Julian Day	2458393.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1149°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	266.76°

🪷 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 (24.1149°), declination -3.49°, EoT 11.48 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: 2018-10-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)