पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · April 5, 2028 CE

🪷 आज: कामदा एकादशी — Kāmadā Ekādaśī
Fulfills righteous desires; removes brahma-hatyā.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.20 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः।

यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति।।8.20।।
"8.20 In truth, therefore, there is the Eternal Unmanifest, which is beyond and above the Unmanifest Spirit of Creation, which is never destroyed when all these being perish." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1435
Malayalam Era: 1204
Nanakshahi: 559
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya351.54°MīnaRevatī P2
चन्द्र Candra110.83°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala347.90°MīnaRevatī P1
बुध Budha343.83°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati145.33°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra36.48°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
शनि Śani4.75°MeṣaAśvinī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:38 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:08 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:10 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:31 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 29 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 30 Mins 15 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:06 – 05:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:41 – 06:38
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta17:56 – 18:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:08 – 18:37
Amṛta Kāla17:53 – 19:38
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:23 – 13:49
Yamaganda08:05 – 09:31
Gulika Kāla10:57 – 12:23
Varjyam07:07 – 07:25
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
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 Labha06:38 – 08:05 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:05 – 09:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:31 – 10:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:57 – 12:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:23 – 13:49 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:49 – 15:16 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:16 – 16:42 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:42 – 18:08 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:08 – 19:42 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:42 – 21:16 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:16 – 22:49 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:49 – 00:23 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:23 – 01:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:57 – 03:31 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:31 – 05:05 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:05 – 06:38 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -37.8136°
Longitude: 144.9631°
Timezone: UTC+10

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873401.27
Julian Day2461866.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2478°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)122.10°
🪷 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 (24.2478°), declination 6.21°, EoT -3.10 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: 2028-04-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)