पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · March 12, 2027 CE

Also observed today

विनायक चतुर्थी · Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.18 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना।करणं कर्म कर्तेति त्रिविधः कर्मसंग्रहः।।18.18।।

"18.18 Knowledge, the knower and the object of knowledge, these are the three incentives to action; and the act, the actor and the instrument are the threefold constituents." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2084 Raudra

Śaka Saṁvat: 1949 Plavaṅga

Bengali Saṁvat: 1434

Malayalam Era: 1203

Nanakshahi: 558

Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Indra
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	327.00°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra	10.54°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	118.98°	Karka	Aśleṣā P4
बुध Budha	299.70°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	114.12°	Karka	Aśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra	288.22°	Makara	Śravaṇa P3
शनि Śani	350.19°	Mīna	Revatī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:16 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:46 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:31 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	10:03 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	20:46 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 30 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 29 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:36 – 05:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:13 – 06:16
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:06 – 12:56
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:36 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:34 – 18:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:46 – 19:17
Amṛta Kāla	18:31 – 20:16
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:06 – 00:56

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:57 – 12:31
Yamaganda	15:38 – 17:12
Gulika Kāla	07:49 – 09:23
Varjyam	06:47 – 07:07
Dur Muhūrta	09:11 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	06:16 – 07:49 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	07:49 – 09:23 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	09:23 – 10:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:57 – 12:31 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	12:31 – 14:04 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	14:04 – 15:38 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	15:38 – 17:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	17:12 – 18:46 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	18:46 – 20:12 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	20:12 – 21:38 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	21:38 – 23:04 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	23:04 – 00:31 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	00:31 – 01:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:57 – 03:23 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	03:23 – 04:49 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	04:49 – 06:16 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -37.8136°

Longitude: 144.9631°

Timezone: UTC+10

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturthī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:

-3101-02-18 — Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1873011.27
Julian Day	2461476.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2329°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	44.56°

🪷 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 (24.2329°), declination -3.48°, EoT -10.49 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: 2027-03-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)