पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · October 12, 1968 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
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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.26 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते।

एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः।।8.26।।
"8.26 These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoso takes the former, returns not; he who chooses the latter, returns.*" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2025 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1890 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1375
Malayalam Era: 1144
Nanakshahi: 499
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya175.36°KanyāCitrā P1
चन्द्र Candra56.96°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala139.66°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha183.87°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati150.53°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra205.82°TulāViśākhā P2
शनि Śani359.51°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:39 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:33 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:26 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:58 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 54 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 05 Mins 27 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:55 – 04:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:34 – 05:39
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:21 – 18:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:33 – 19:05
Amṛta Kāla18:18 – 20:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:32

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:52 – 10:29
Yamaganda13:43 – 15:20
Gulika Kāla05:39 – 07:15
Varjyam06:11 – 06:32
Dur Muhūrta 08:39 – 09:05

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:39 – 07:15 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:15 – 08:52 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:52 – 10:29 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:29 – 12:06 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:06 – 13:43 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:43 – 15:20 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:20 – 16:56 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:56 – 18:33 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:33 – 19:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:56 – 21:20 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:20 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:43 – 00:06 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:06 – 01:29 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:29 – 02:52 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:52 – 04:15 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:15 – 05:39 (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 Year5070 · Kali-5070
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1851676.27 · 5069.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2440141.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4169° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)245.09° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (23.4169°) · declination -7.36° · EoT 14.22 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:1968-10-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)