पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · May 9, 2022 CE

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वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 6.42 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga

अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम्।

एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम्।।6.42।।

"6.42 Or, he may be born in the family of the wise sages, though a birth like this is, indeed, very difficult to obtain." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 6.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt

Bengali Saṁvat: 1429

Malayalam Era: 1198

Nanakshahi: 553

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	24.26°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra	114.51°	Karka	Aśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	323.56°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha	40.50°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	335.45°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra	342.84°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani	300.56°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:08 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:25 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:17 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	13:03 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	23:32 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 17 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 42 Mins 53 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:46 – 06:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:17 – 07:08
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:56 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:59 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:13 – 17:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:25 – 17:51
Amṛta Kāla	17:10 – 18:55
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:56 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	08:25 – 09:42
Yamaganda	10:59 – 12:17
Gulika Kāla	13:34 – 14:51
Varjyam	07:34 – 07:50
Dur Muhūrta	09:32 – 09:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	07:08 – 08:25 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	08:25 – 09:42 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	09:42 – 10:59 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:59 – 12:17 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	12:17 – 13:34 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:34 – 14:51 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	14:51 – 16:08 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	16:08 – 17:25 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	17:25 – 19:08 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	19:08 – 20:51 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	20:51 – 22:34 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:34 – 00:17 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	00:17 – 01:59 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:59 – 03:42 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	03:42 – 05:25 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	05:25 – 07:08 (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 + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871243.27
Julian Day	2459708.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1652°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	93.14°

🪷 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 (24.1652°), declination 17.31°, EoT 3.63 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: 2022-05-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)