पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · October 29, 1921 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: नरक चतुर्दशी — Naraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī)
Krishna slew Narakāsura, freeing 16,000 captive princesses. Day 2 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.10 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अपर्याप्तं तदस्माकं बलं भीष्माभिरक्षितम्।

पर्याप्तं त्विदमेतेषां बलं भीमाभिरक्षितम्।।1.10।।
"1.10 Yet our army seems the weaker, though commanded by Bheeshma; their army seems the stronger, though commanded by Bheema." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1978 Bhāva
Śaka Saṁvat: 1843 Durmati
Bengali Saṁvat: 1328
Malayalam Era: 1097
Nanakshahi: 452
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya192.32°TulāSvātī P2
चन्द्र Candra166.97°KanyāHasta P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala152.97°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha199.07°TulāSvātī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati165.10°KanyāHasta P2
शुक्र Śukra168.65°KanyāHasta P3
शनि Śani160.01°KanyāHasta P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:17 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:50 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:07 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:37 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 32 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 27 Mins 11 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:29 – 04:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:10 – 05:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta18:38 – 19:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:50 – 19:24
Amṛta Kāla18:35 – 20:20
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:31

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:41 – 10:22
Yamaganda13:45 – 15:27
Gulika Kāla05:17 – 06:59
Varjyam05:51 – 06:13
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:54

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:17 – 06:59 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:59 – 08:41 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:41 – 10:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:22 – 12:04 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:04 – 13:45 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:45 – 15:27 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:27 – 17:09 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:09 – 18:50 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:50 – 20:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:09 – 21:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:27 – 22:45 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:45 – 00:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:04 – 01:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:22 – 02:41 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:41 – 03:59 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:59 – 05:17 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5023 · Kali-5023
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1834526.27 · 5022.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2422991.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.7609° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)336.45° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (22.7609°) · declination -13.21° · EoT 16.43 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1921-10-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)